Philosophy
Did you have a chemistry or physics set in your past?
Yes...3
No...1
Not quite the same as the old days. Tis a pity for the one who voted "No"...missed opportunity to experiment beyond the manual: Obnoxious odors, explosive gasses, acid/alkali burns, learning to defy the admonitions of parents and teachers, performing experiments involving grams not milligrams...
A. C. Gilbert "U-238 Atomic Energy Lab"
Chemistry sets...back?
Mr. Wizard...missed mentor
Mr. Wizard--more
New Book..."Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments..."
Some fun...some science toys
The home chemist...long gone
"Watch Mr. Wizard"--1954 episode
Check out XUMP for chemistry and physics sets and related materials...and many other science items.
- Chemistry Books Of The Past..."the Golden Book Of Chemistry Experiments" And "the Boy Chemist"
The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments, written by Robert Brent and illustrated by Harry Lazarus, is a 1960s children's book that tells kids how they can set up a home chemistry lab to conduct simple chemistry experiments. Supposedly the US government...
- Mr. Wizard And "electricity"
Here is another classic Mr. Wizard episode...on "electricity". Mr. Wizard Mr. Wizard...missed mentor Mr. Wizard--more "Watch Mr. Wizard"--1954 episode...
- "popular Scientists Of The Past" Poll
Who is your choice for "popular" scientist of the past? Albert Einstein...4 Carl Sagan...1 Don Herbert [Mr. Wizard]...1 Philip Morrison...0 Well, I must say, I expected billions and billions of replies. Though I did not vote for him, I figured that Einstein...
- Chemistry Sets...back?
Dangerous Book for Boys A new British book and related science kits are on the market and proving to be very popular. Will it work? Well, it can't mirror the old chemistry sets of A. C. Gilbert or Porter. Furthermore, one wonders if this isn't...
- "watch Mr. Wizard"--1954 Episode
As you recall, Mr. Wizard [Don Herbert] passed away last year and left, no doubt, an entourage of scientists behind. Things were, in retrospect, sillier and simpler back in the 1950s but nevertheless periodically offered science venues via the new medium...
Philosophy
"Chemistry or physics set in your past" poll
Did you have a chemistry or physics set in your past?
Yes...3
No...1
Not quite the same as the old days. Tis a pity for the one who voted "No"...missed opportunity to experiment beyond the manual: Obnoxious odors, explosive gasses, acid/alkali burns, learning to defy the admonitions of parents and teachers, performing experiments involving grams not milligrams...
Those Were The Days
Mary Hopkin
1968
Mary Hopkin
1968
A. C. Gilbert "U-238 Atomic Energy Lab"
Chemistry sets...back?
Mr. Wizard...missed mentor
Mr. Wizard--more
New Book..."Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments..."
Some fun...some science toys
The home chemist...long gone
"Watch Mr. Wizard"--1954 episode
Check out XUMP for chemistry and physics sets and related materials...and many other science items.
- Chemistry Books Of The Past..."the Golden Book Of Chemistry Experiments" And "the Boy Chemist"
The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments, written by Robert Brent and illustrated by Harry Lazarus, is a 1960s children's book that tells kids how they can set up a home chemistry lab to conduct simple chemistry experiments. Supposedly the US government...
- Mr. Wizard And "electricity"
Here is another classic Mr. Wizard episode...on "electricity". Mr. Wizard Mr. Wizard...missed mentor Mr. Wizard--more "Watch Mr. Wizard"--1954 episode...
- "popular Scientists Of The Past" Poll
Who is your choice for "popular" scientist of the past? Albert Einstein...4 Carl Sagan...1 Don Herbert [Mr. Wizard]...1 Philip Morrison...0 Well, I must say, I expected billions and billions of replies. Though I did not vote for him, I figured that Einstein...
- Chemistry Sets...back?
Dangerous Book for Boys A new British book and related science kits are on the market and proving to be very popular. Will it work? Well, it can't mirror the old chemistry sets of A. C. Gilbert or Porter. Furthermore, one wonders if this isn't...
- "watch Mr. Wizard"--1954 Episode
As you recall, Mr. Wizard [Don Herbert] passed away last year and left, no doubt, an entourage of scientists behind. Things were, in retrospect, sillier and simpler back in the 1950s but nevertheless periodically offered science venues via the new medium...