George's secret key to the universe teaches kids astrophysics

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In this book series George, a school kid meets a neighbor Eric, a scientist
and his daughter too lol
. He's surprised to find that Eric possesses a supercomputer which can actually actually teleport people to space.
The book explains astronomical concepts like the red shift, true vacuum and false vacuum for instance in a very interesting form for kids. I would recommend this to your kids if you want them to get an insight on Astrophysics.
 
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Uh ... I don't think teleportation is a good intro to physics. :smile:
 
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Tghu Verd said:
@GiriBang, why is your spoiler text in a spoiler? It does not seem necessary.
Spoilers are relative. For a person who hasn't seen Infinity war till now, Spiderman's death is a spoiler.
 
GiriBang said:
Spoilers are relative. For a person who hasn't seen Infinity war till now, Spiderman's death is a spoiler.
What does that have to do with the fact that your spoiler is a bit silly?
 
GiriBang said:
Spoilers are relative.

Spoilers are exactly what the word suggests, @GiriBang. And your Infinity War example shows you understand this, but a scientist with a daughter is hardly giving the plot or the ending away, esp. when the Amazon blurb for the book says (with my emphasis):

"It's the story of George, who's taken through the vastness of space by a scientist, his daughter, and their super-computer named Cosmos."​
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Your spoiler seemed 'tee hee' juvenile, as if a girl being involved in science was somehow shocking or surprising.
 
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Tghu Verd said:
Your spoiler seemed 'tee hee' juvenile, as if a girl being involved in science was somehow shocking or surprising.
Exactly. "Cutesy" was going to be my description but I'm trying to watch my tongue.
 
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