I disagree pretty completely.  Most people who are *not* amazed by things like cell phones and laptop computers also *don't* have any understanding of how they work.  It's not like understanding electromagnetism has spoiled some pre-existing wonder.  Conversely, knowing something about how science works can pretty…

Definitely.

I never read Tintin as a kid, but last year my then-5-year-old and I read all the books together (except for Tintin in the Congo), which was a lot of fun.  Thankfully, our public library has them all.  The books vary wildly in quality, which spurred my son to rate each one.  At the top were Red Rackham’s Treasure,…