Sarah0000 Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 What books or resources would you suggest for a little kid who constantly says/asks things like: If infinity times infinity is infinity, what is infinity minus a number? Can zero ever be a negative number? Since an even number plus an even number is an even number and an even number plus an odd number is an odd number, then zero must be an even number. If the universe is a circle then it wouldn't have a beginning or end so if you travel really far in one direction you'd end up at the same spot again. But a circle does have an edge so wouldn't there be something beyond the edge? I'm not necessarily looking for answers to these specific questions, but something a little kid who thinks about these kinds of things would enjoy. Even fictional stories would be good. Is there sci fi for little kids that's real science fiction and not just an adventure story that happens to take place in space or with an alien? Or theoretical math or physics books that's just big picture concepts with diagrams? I don't really know what I'm looking for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanDiegoMom Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Quark has a great list of math related resources that often cover some big questions. Also the fun What If for funny answers to hypothetical questions. My son loved Why Pi and Go Figure when he was in Kindergarten. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I don't know how little, but Vi Hart has videos online that address the degrees of infinity and other interesting topics. I don't think we discovered them until my youngest was maybe 9 or 10 years old. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 What wonderful questions! This may be too advanced for your curious student, but we enjoyed Thinking Physics by Lewis Epstein. It's out of print but there are used copies available on Amazon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Ha ha! I love those questions! I get a lot of similar ones, but I'm a mathematician, so I've never really stopped to realize that they might seem like odd questions from kids! lol. I'm all ears on this one! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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