Earth Primer by Chaim Gingold

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Description

Discover how Earth works through play! Earth Primer is a science book for playful people. Visit volcanoes, glaciers, sand dunes. Play with them, look inside, and see how they work. The forces of nature are at your fingertips.

Earth Primer defies existing genres, combining aspects of science books, toys, simulations, and games. It is a new kind of interactive experience which joins the guided quality of a book with open ended simulation play.

What people are saying about Earth Primer:

INSPIRING … a reminder that interactive media is a young and undeveloped world itself.
Kyle VanHemert | WIRED

EFFORTLESSLY BEAUTIFUL… perfectly…realizes the promise of a truly interactive textbook.
John Brownlee | Fast Company

PLAYFUL, child-like, beautifully designed reenvisioning of the book IndieCade

The most AWESOME app ever for teaching Geomorphology to a young audience Alan Parkinson | Award Winning Teacher

one of the most deluxe, and memorable educational apps available… AN ABSOLUTE MUST 5/5
Trevor Sheridan | Apple n Apps

A TOUR DE FORCE Bret Victor

“I want every book to be this awesome. …ABSOLUTELY WORTH EVERY CENT.”
Owen Williams | The Next Web

Features
Discover how Earth works through play.
The forces of nature are at your fingertipsmake volcanoes, shape sand dunes, form glaciers, sculpt mountains, push around tectonic plates, paint with wind, heat up magmaand more!
20 different tools to unlock.
Richly interactive geological simulations.
Five chapters: Earth's Interior, Surface, Water Cycle, Biomes, and Sandbox.
Sandbox mode.

Customer Reviews

The future of edu ebooks (5 stars)
With Earth – A Primer, you learn both by reading and by doing. Its a book illustrated with small simulations that are easy to manipulate but at the same time model rich and complex behaviors. Even if you are not interested in geology, you must check this out since it is unlike any other educational ebook.
Its fascinating both for children and adults. A must-buy: it is worth every penny.

Earth-shattering interactive learning (5 stars)
For those who have spent hours poring over books like "The Way Things Work" or tinkering with landscapes in Spore or SimCity, Earth Primer is required "reading" and a taste of the future of interactive learning.

The science presented in the book is ideal for young minds, but the impressive variety of carefully-crafted interactive features will inspire explorers of all ages to see our planet in a new light.

Never seen anything like it (5 stars)
This game/book/science experiment is amazing! So fun to play with (for adults and children). The music is breathtaking – really pulls you into the experience. Definitely gave me a renewed appreciation for our earth.