Scientists Card Game

by US Games

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 3.9 x 0.8 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: 1572814519
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,450 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Product Description

This fascinating set of cards will keep you entertained as you play your favorite games and learn about thirteen of the most influential scientists to impact our world. Includes an array of scientists from the early Greeks through to the modern times of Einstein. Included is a rule card.

Scientists depicted are as follows:

• Aristotle
• Copernicus
• Marie Curie
• John Dalton
• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Enrico Fermi
• Galileo
• Johannes Kepler
• Leonardo Da Vinci
• Gregor Mendel
• Sir Isaac Newton
• Louis Pasteur

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Science, cards, and chess, March 4, 2008

By 

Heather M. Marquard "biblio-maniac" (Detroit, MI) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Scientists Card Game (Paperback)

I love these games! I think I have most of the versions, and this one is as much fun as the rest. What could be more fun (and educational) than a hand of cards where you can not only learn something but also get into the "chess" mentality of strategizing in order to win? Science always seems so impossible, but just checking out what a few folks did through the years is pretty amazing and the pictures make science seem more human. My family and I love these card games and I think they're great for pre-teens and teens, especially!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun While Learning, April 18, 2009

By 

Belinda J. Palmer "Belinda Palmer" (USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Scientists Card Game (Paperback)

A big fan of Authors, I bought the Scientists deck with the intention of having fun teaching my 13 year old about scientists and their theories. The deck arrived during the Christmas holiday when I had company. At the table with several other adults, we all took a humbling as we stumbled through the long scientific theory names on each card. After a few hands, we all finally started to sound like experienced readers. You could say we adults learned right along with the youngster.

I highly recommend the Scientist's deck.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Underwhelmed, December 31, 2009

By 

Matthew A. Hovde - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Scientists Card Game (Paperback)

This card set underwhelmed me - sure the scientist information is interesting, but I have two main complaints:
1. The "Scientists Card Game" they advertise is really just Go Fish. It gives you the impression that there are rules inside for a game specifically designed to use these cards and their facts, but there is not.
2. Because the "game" is just Go Fish, the same scientists are used four times - the same one is featured on every card of the same rank (All the "3's" are Marie Curie, for example). This means there are only 13 different scientists featured. The set would have been cooler in my opinion if each card had a different scientist on it.