Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments
by Robert Brent · first published 1960
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Even better, the Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments: https://archive.org/details/TheGoldenBookOfChemistryExperime... Just keep an eye on the kids while they're experimenting. It's a fun read, but it includes experiments like "how to cut glass tubes",…
on “Experiments for Young Engineers and Scientists” ↗If you like this, you'll love the Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments. Fun for the whole family. https://archive.org/details/the_golden_book_of_chemistry_exp...
on “Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory” ↗> Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments This book is an absolute classic. I've got a hardback copy from my childhood and doing the experiments as a kid was magical. Nowadays most other chem experiment books are watered down because the old…
on “Ask HN: Great maker projects for 8th grade kids and above?” ↗…nuclear aircraft carrier. The Navy must have known, right? I wonder what those conversations must have been like. Also, I am super not surprised that Wikipedia says, "He was inspired in part by reading The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments." That book is just goatshit insane; the '60s were clearly a silly time, because the 'also by this author' section includes The Golden Book of Wild Animal Pets. Which, uh...I don't know. I got nothing.…
on “The Radioactive Boy Scout (1999)” ↗>The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments (1960)
on “A requiem for amateur chemistry” ↗…carrier. Honestly, it reads like a movie script and makes me ashamed of how I squandered my youth: https://harpers.org/archive/1998/11/the-radioactive-boy-scou... Also, if you can find a PDF of "The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments" which that article occasionally quotes...wow. How did kids survive the '70s? Page 35, "making chlorine gas in the home lab"...
on “Radioactivity in Antiques” ↗I checked out all of Alfred Morgan's books from multiple public libraries (a platform accessible by children!!!) in the seventies and early eighties. Probably saw the golden book of chemistry experiments at some point too - it looked very familiar when I got a copy of the pdf as an adult. I think the difficulty of obtaining model T spark coils, chemicals ("ask your druggist") etc kept me out of a lot…
Reminds me of the Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments: https://archive.org/details/GoldenBookOfChemistryExperiments
on “The Book of Experiments (1958) [pdf]” ↗…a sexually explicit book would not be put in the hands of kids, same as we already do with other types of content such as music, movies and games. Now, there are books that should be banned. Like the Golden book of Chemistry Experiments and other books that can lead to potentially dangerous outcomes.
I loved doing chemistry experiments and demos at home as a kid. I had books like the Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments [1] but this is a modern guide that I would gladly recommend: Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture by Robert Bruce Thompson https://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Guide-Home-Chemistry-Expe...…
on “Ask HN: Great maker projects for 8th grade kids and above?” ↗