QUANTUM - a deck celebrating the wonders of physics

[QEDPlayingCards]

Hi everyone.

I am designing a deck that celebrates the awesome achievements of some of the greatest physicists of all times. The court cards each represent a different physicist and are filled with symbolism about them and their work. I would love to hear your feedback, especially constructive criticism. This deck theme is very near and dear to my heart (I am a particle physicist at CERN) so I want to make it as perfect as possible.

The King of Diamonds is Max Planck, who laid the very first foundations for what would become quantum mechanics in the early 20th century. The Queen of Spades is Marie Skłodowska Curie, the great pioneer of radioactivity, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the only person to date to ever win two Nobel Prizes. The Jack of Clubs is Satyendra Nath Bose, who developed an entirely new type of quantum statistics that describe a class of particles now named after him, bosons. The remaining 9 court cards are still in progress and represent other individuals who played key roles in the development of quantum mechanics.

I am looking forward to your feedback!

[Fes]

The Queen of Spades is Marie Skłodowska Curie, the great pioneer of radioactivity, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the only person to date to ever win two Nobel Prizes.

Hellos and welcome to UC! On Marie Skłodowska Curie, she isn't the only person to date to ever win two Nobel Prizes. Linus (Chemistry, Peace) Pauling, John (Physics) Bardeen and Frederick (Chemistry) Sanger share in this and have each been awarded with two Nobels. Linus Pauling is a bit of a distinction being the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel prizes. I remember shortly after he passed. I was in school and a couple teachers dedicated a few days instruction to him and Nobel prize in general. That keyed me in and do a quick look as I thought there were more and yep, there are. I face palmed that I forgot about Mr. Bardeen. Learned about him as well. Most of us have right? It was a long time since I was in class.

I notice a lot of negative space on your courts. I'm unsure how my eyes feel about it. Some how it helps to draw attention to the other details and in some ways it's a bit just empty. I feel this stands out particularly on the JoC. His crown could use a little attention I think to fit in with the rest of him. That negative space does stand out that doesn't go with the flow in my opinion. Also I think you have opportunity to make use of the pips in with the who's and what's of it all. (Not on the indices though, indices should be clean, clear and easy to read as you have them.) Could add some fun to the larger pip.

This deck is a fun idea and I think I like it. It's your vision and I'd like to see more.

[Harvonsgard]

Courts are rather busy, imo. Would be great to have full custom courts for the theme, rather than modified standard courts.

[QEDPlayingCards]

Hellos and welcome to UC!

Thank you very much!

On Marie Skłodowska Curie, she isn't the only person to date to ever win two Nobel Prizes. Linus (Chemistry, Peace) Pauling, John (Physics) Bardeen and Frederick (Chemistry) Sanger share in this and have each been awarded with two Nobels. Linus Pauling is a bit of a distinction being the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel prizes. I remember shortly after he passed. I was in school and a couple teachers dedicated a few days instruction to him and Nobel prize in general. That keyed me in and do a quick look as I thought there were more and yep, there are. I face palmed that I forgot about Mr. Bardeen. Learned about him as well. Most of us have right? It was a long time since I was in class.

You are absolutely right! Thank you for catching my mistake Indeed, she is not the only double Nobel laureate. Instead, I should have said that she is the first person and the only woman to date to win two Nobel Prizes and the only person to wine Nobel Prizes in two different science fields. In any case, I need to read more about Pauling, Bardeen and Sanger. It is also great to know that I am not the only science nerd here

I notice a lot of negative space on your courts. I'm unsure how my eyes feel about it. Some how it helps to draw attention to the other details and in some ways it's a bit just empty. I feel this stands out particularly on the JoC. His crown could use a little attention I think to fit in with the rest of him. That negative space does stand out that doesn't go with the flow in my opinion. Also I think you have opportunity to make use of the pips in with the who's and what's of it all. (Not on the indices though, indices should be clean, clear and easy to read as you have them.) Could add some fun to the larger pip.

Very good point. I agree that the JoC's hat is a bit sparse. I wanted to keep it that way to stay consistent with the original, but I will see what I can do to spruce it up a bit. As far as the large pips are concerned, great idea! I will see what I can do to make them more interesting. Maybe I can include some reference to their alma mater or something of the sort. I am just a bit concerned that this will clash with the number cards, which will be completely standard to maximize usability.

My general idea with the court design is to fill them with references that someone just looking at the deck with think "Wait a minute, this isn't exactly a normal court card. Wait a minute, this is Marie Curie. Wait a minute, here is a really cool reference to her work and here's another and another..."

This deck is a fun idea and I think I like it. It's your vision and I'd like to see more.

Thanks! This is a passion project that I've been working on in my spare time for over a year. I really want to make it a reality.

[QEDPlayingCards]

Courts are rather busy, imo. Would be great to have full custom courts for the theme, rather than modified standard courts.

Thank you very much for your feedback, I really appreciate it!

My choice to use modified standard courts has a few motivations. First and foremost, my artistic abilities are very limited so starting the images from scratch isn't something that I can really do Also, I really like the aesthetic of cleaned up and modified standard courts, such as in the Parlour deck. And I love the idea of science enthusiasts outside the card community picking up the deck and slowly realizing that the courts are not standard and then realizing that they are filled with references, rather than immediately noticing that they are customized. I hope that makes sense.