Quantum Physics for Babies (Baby University)

Illustrations left a lot to be desired, even with it being a baby book. With the explanation of atoms, neutrons, and protons, he uses the same illustrations, and instead of pointing out what each one is, he only matches the color of the word to the color of it in the drawing. Was just left disappointed all in all, and sent it back, along with the two others we purchased from this author. Great idea, subpar execution. (And it cost me about the price of one of the three books to send them back!!)

Your baby is way too young for this, unless you want to show off to other parents on how cool you are... Don't waste your money. Plus the paper is very thin, the baby would only want to eat it. Instead, just play pee a boo, which is a lot more developmental for your child at this age.

I thought this was a hard cover but it is soft cover and very thin. The content is great, my scientist husband verified, but I am worried she will destroy this book as she grows reading it. Not durable for toddlers. Better for older kids.

This is a really cute book. But it I could print the pages and bind it myself. Maybe I missed the fine print... It is not suitable for a baby because the pages can easily be ripped or a paper cut could occur. I am dissapointed in the quality of the book but the idea of it is really cool. If this were a typical baby book printed with thick pages it would be worth the price. As it is now it looks like a free pamphlet, not worth $7.

Good idea from an adult's point of view. But for babies? Com'on. Well, these are intended for adults (to make the purchase) after all.
My wife bought these books because she heard that the CEO of Facebook bought them for his baby. I am speechless.

This book is great. It really does teach some basic concepts of physics in a simple way that young children can understand. My two year old asks me to read it to her frequently, and will often talk about her ball having energy, or being made of atoms. Also, it's worth it just to hear your toddler say, "Quantum Physics, please!"

I included this in a baby shower gag gift to my cousin who is a doctor, and married to another doctor. They both have major science backgrounds an I thought this was hilarious. I paired it with a Nerdy baby onesie and a moustache pacifier. They LOVED it and said the book was actually really cute and well laid out.

I am so disappointed. I'm a military engineer on the space program. I had high hopes for this item. I should have judged by the title...No one over the age of 18 months likes being called a baby. it's really out of touch and worthless for my preschool aged nephew for whom I was gifting. There's no plot. The illustrations look like a engineer drew them (not a compliment), it didn't engage my attention, my mother who is an elementary school teacher's attention, or the targeted little boy. I'll write one myself.

First of all, the content is not really quantum physics. The languages that it uses are not simple and interesting enough, e.g., quantized. Can you find a baby actually understand the word? The graphics are also poorly made. I would return it, if I can.

Just good for Mark Zuckerberg to take picture with a sleepy baby and people cheers him on Facebook.
Not good for baby. Not fun. Not scientific. Not good quality.
I felt insulted as a scientist myself.

This book, though has a cute premise, is not worth anything. The pictures are MS PAINT or similar quality. Nothing an infant would want to look at. The science is wrong. The grammar is atrocious. Here is the full text, with punctuation:

This is a ball.
This ball has energy.
This is a ball.
This ball has zero energy.
All balls are made of atoms.
There are neutrons.
And protons.
And electrons.
Electrons have energy.
This electron has the most energy.
This electronic has the least energy.
Energy is quantized.
An electronic can be here.
Or here.
Or here.
But not here.
Or here.
There are no Electrons with zero energy.
An electronic can take energy.
To jump up.
And must give energy.
To fall down.
This amount of energy is a quantum.
Now you are a quantum physicist.

See? That made zero sense. There are at least 2 lies about how Electrons function. The pics suck. I am soooo disappointed.

This could potentially harm your children's interest in science. The illustrations are incredibly plain and uninteresting. If you show your child this book, be warned they may associate all sciences with boredom. I expected so much more!

Don't waste your money.

I thought this was a cute idea and put it on my baby registry a couple years ago. I thought I might get some of the other books eventually, and/or give some as gifts. I won't be.

This is the flimsiest little paperback. It feels super cheap and would be embarrassing to give as a gift. The illustrations are incredibly poorly done. Simple pictures can still be done nicely. The simplicity of the text is ok but could have at least been punctuated correctly. The one place where there is a (significantly) blue word it's easy to overlook because it's almost black. I can't believe this is being sold.

Received this as a gift; the fun, well-designed color is a let-down because there's nothing fun about either the text, or the pictures. A book for the infant/toddler crowd needs some kind of hook -- some clever thread a parent can tie their sanity onto, and many don't hold up past the first couple readings. This one doesn't even hold up past one reading. The baby got nothing out of it; I got nothing out of it.

Here's a ball! It has energy! (--It's not particularly clear except upon close examination that this is because it is suspended above a surface and therefore has potential energy.) Here's an electron, which is in no way except for color distinguished from the ball! Electrons have different energy at different "heights" from the nucleus! ...what? Understanding the concepts from the vantage point of a high-school education in chemistry and physics doesn't actually help me draw meaning from the pages of repetitive pictures of different colored circles, with minimal lines indicating their movement or energy, and if I am not getting anything from it, how much less will my child, at any age? The sole boon is that it's one more book for her to pull down on the shelf and flip through when she's miming mama and daddy.

SKIP Baby University. I found that the Baby Loves Science series, while occasionally sacrificing a bit of the science lecture, actually knows how (and why) to write a book for reading to your youngest children.

I read a book tonight with my daughter and discovered that energy from electrons creates quantum energy. I actually didn’t know the fundamentals of quantum physics. The book is brilliant. Starts with a ball. Then atoms that make the ball. Then electrons in the atoms. Ann loved the book. She’ll be 3 years old at the beginning of next year. It was the first time I have heard her say the word energy. She was so excited about the book she stood up in bed with arms wide to explain to me how big energy is. She also understood maybe from the graphic of a magnifying glass that atoms are small. She spent a long time talking about how small. It’s too small. I’m shocked at how excited she was about this book.

I wouldn’t consider the book that visually interesting for a baby. However, anyone looking into purchasing this most likely is in it for the laugh! And seeing your little one intently studying a book named Quantum Physics for Babies is surely hysterical!

If you are going to write a book with this pretentious title—even if intended to be slightly tongue in cheek—it is an absolute requirement that you get the science right. The book fails utterly:

1) matter never has no energy; even at rest, particles have potential energy.
2) electron orbits that look like models of the solar system are not only misrepresentations, but they are direct contradictions of quantum theory. The book says electrons can never be located between orbits, but quantum theory specifies that at any point in time spatial location is probabilistic. So, electrons are located somewhere within three dimensional clouds, rather than on a circular line.

In short, if you are going to make any kind of claim about representing quantum theory, quantum theory should be represented—even if it’s for babies.

Funny, funny, funny! What a great idea to begin the love of Science at a young age. The only complaint I have is that I wish it were a board book. Remember, if your baby reads this they too can be a quantum physicist.

Funny, funny, funny! What a great idea to begin the love of Science at a young age. The only complaint I have is that I wish it were a board book. Remember, if your baby reads this they too can be a quantum physicist.