Baby Loves Quantum Physics! (Baby Loves Science)

Being a physicist, I bought a good number of physics related books for my baby. (Maybe too many). My daughter loves this book. Yes, it is very very very basic but so are many of these baby science type books. The artwork is engaging and my daughter loves looking for the cat. I have both the Thermodynamics and this one by Ruth Spiro and my daughter loves them both. Personally, I like the Quantum one better than the Thermodynamics (because I feel the content in Quantum physics is more related than the content in Thermodynamics is to concepts) but my daughter loves them both equally. The imagery and the writing are much more at the level of my 2 year old than some of the other books. I really don't like how bare Chris Ferrie books can be, they aren't warm and inviting like these books. I have two of Ruth Spiros and several Chris Ferrie (ABCs of Mathematics, Physics, Science, and General Relativity) , but my child prefers Spiro's books over Ferrie's.

A charmingly simple introduction to quantum physics using the example of Shrodinger's Cat, which asserts that "a quantum system such as an atom or photon can exist as a combination of multiple states corresponding to different possible outcomes...." and will remain in this "superposition" until observed or interfered with by the outside world (Wikipedia). In this clever 'Baby Loves' book, Ruth Spiro uses baby's kitty to demonstrate this theory: is she asleep in the box or awake? It isn't till baby opens the box (being the outside force) that she discovers which it is. Clever first building block to a complicated subject that can be expounded upon as the child grows. Outstanding.

This is one of our 2 year old's favorite books - and has reliably been for a year already. The pages are colorful and exciting and have lots of things to "discuss" with with your child (the meow, bedroom furniture etc). Yes it is mostly a reference to schrodinger's cat and not about wave functions, but it's a cute story and makes a kid want to read it - which I believe is what a toddler book is supposed to do! Other toddler quantum books have less color and aren't as fun for them. For those parents who are looking for something a little more advanced: I've taken several quantum physics courses myself and if you want a book that goes into more detail, buy the Griffiths textbook, which, although it can be read to a toddler, it's probably in a different section of the website. Good luck with Dirac notation; you'll probably want a white board and some markers too.

Cute book explaining the cat paradox to kidsHowever this isn’t quantum physics at all1) quantum physics is about states/fields etc not about the paradox2) the paradox is An old misconception (Schrodinger said it to explain what's wrong with QM, not at all that it really is that way), it's not true at all

This book teaches about Schrodinger's cat! In this book, my son loves to find the kitty.My toddler loves these "baby loves science" books and so do my husband and I! They break down topics that we both learned in engineering school into simple concepts. Those concepts are framed in very kid-friendly stories. They are super easy to understand and follow. I wish science would have been introduced to me in this simple manner.

Greater than expected when we got it. We have the other books too so we preordered this, my 9mos old baby loves the pics. Husband (who is a geek) loves it more 😀 It's a simplified/child friendly explanation of schrodinger's cat concept!

I love is book. There is a baby, there is a kitty, there is a box. The book takes the concept of the kitty being asleep and awake in the box to a level my 2 year old enjoys. There is no math or formulas, but she is introduced to the concept and is excited about it.

Of course, no baby is actually going to understand this. However, I thought it was a great explanation for older kids and of course it is nice to have younger ones exposed to important ideas. Our kids are 4, 7 and 9 and I thought it was an interesting and fun explanation of a complicated idea for them. We thought it was cute and liked it.

As the holder of a physics PhD, I was keen to find some "baby's first books of physics" that I could read to my daughter. Imagine my excitement to find the "Baby Loves Science" board books already existed. I promptly ordered this one and Baby Loves Thermodynamics.Unfortunately, whilst this stands as a simple story about a baby and a cat that will probably appeal to most very small children, it's not really about quantum physics. There's an attempt to link the cat to the famous Schrodinger's cat thought experiment, but which completely fails to get the point (don't worry though, no cats are harmed in the book). Given that this is the one time the book comes anywhere near talking about quantum mechanics, it's somewhat disappointing.In retrospect, I'm not sure exactly what I was expecting from an attempt to present a highly technical subject for a very young audience, but I still feel this book could have delivered more on both science and content.

The book explains Schrodinger's cat excellently (it uses awake/asleep instead of alive/dead) but doesn't really go into any other aspect of quantum physics. In fact, after reading the book, I had to go to google to remind myself what quantum physics actually is. No matter. Child thinks it's excellent because it has a cat in it.

Like the rest of the series, this book was very well written, very fun, appealing for little ones, and brings a smile to mummy and daddy’s faces. However, the nitpicker in me is slightly disappointed in the title as the book only covers Schrödingers classic cat thought experiment, which is only one small part of the wider field of Quantum Mechanics!

I love the other books in this series, which are aimed at 2-5 year olds. This book is disappointingly very different to the others. It doesn't really cover any science, its a cat playing hide and seek. The point around schrodinger is very subtle and would be lost on any child. My son calls it 'the worst one' of the series.

The book is great - really clever and perfect gift for science loving parents or parents to be!However, it arrived damaged 😢 see photos.