my 8 year old son wants a physics book for christmas sounds good, doesn't it? but listen...
he needs it to build the largest machine in the world. a machine to search for other dimensions, and to copy our dimension if he doesn't find one. he warns that if something goes wrong it will blow up half the world. and he has a shopping list containing uranium, lead, radiation shielded clothing and a cryogenic cell.
so... i ask you... should i dare give him that book? and what are good physics books for upcoming (evil?) geniuses?
i know... it has to be good enough to make sure nothing goes wrong. good enough to save the world. time to search amazon.
SvarSlettUh oh. You better not tell him about the Evil Overlord List (http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html)
SvarSlettYour son not called Walter per chance? - Yes I watched Fringe too much :).
SvarSlettCan I work with him? :-)
SvarSletti guess i should take him seriously. when he was 7 i left him alone in front of the mensa online iq test for grown-ups and he scored 130. he was mad at himself for running out of time and felt he should have done better.
SvarSlettperhaps he could get some kind of apprenticeship with doofenschmirz?
Seriously talking: YES, take him seriously... but let him be a kid, nevertheless; so he doesn't end as bad as Sheldon Cooper regarding social skills ;-)
SvarSlett:-D i know. he is definitely a kid, but with some surprises. as with all kids, really. it took him some time to learn how to 'switch modes' in order to interact with his classmates, but he seems to have succeeded well. i guess that is what sheldon never discovered.
SvarSlettGet him lots of books.
SvarSletthe is a 'returning customer' at the library, C'est Moi . And most of what he borrows is science related.
SvarSlettTodays question: "Why are the scientists building particle accelerators and spending so much time and money to understand the big bang? That is in the past, so why is it so interesting to know everything about it?"
SvarSlettA very good question, one that cannot be answered in just one quick sentence :-) there are so many reasons.
Don't let him become a member of the government, one of those that decides which projects get the money :-D LOL
SvarSlettLOL. No, he was more interested in understanding why scientists felt it was important to spend that much money and energy.
SvarSlettOn line courses might be an option.
SvarSlettNo.
SvarSlett:-P
I think....I love your son! XD
SvarSlett