Experiments for Young Engineers and Scientists

Re:Experiments for Young Engineers and Scientists by JKCalhoun on Thursday June 09, 2022 @08:33AM (#31680385)

For young engineers and scientists that want to get their hands dirty (or don't have a laptop or don't want to do science on a laptop) there's the tried and true book-variety of science experiments.

Loved (still love) this classic put together by UNESCO: https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780385052757

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Re:Experiments for Young Engineers and Scientists by cultartawayyyi on Thursday June 09, 2022 @09:59PM (#31689138)

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", "making chlorine in the home lab", "making sulfuric acid"...

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Re:Experiments for Young Engineers and Scientists by splittingTimes on Friday June 10, 2022 @02:39AM (#31690817)

Amazon on that book:

"Many of the experiments contained in the book are now considered highly dangerous for unsupervised children, and would not appear in a modern children's chemistry book. OCLC lists only 126 copies of this book in libraries worldwide. It was said that the experiments and information contained herein were too dangerous for the general public."

Wow

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Re:Experiments for Young Engineers and Scientists by frozencell on Thursday June 09, 2022 @06:48PM (#31687943)

Dumb question: Why is it "limited"?

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Re:Experiments for Young Engineers and Scientists by zorpner on Thursday June 09, 2022 @07:07PM (#31688106)

It's still under copyright. The Internet Archive owns a physical copy of the book, which they have scanned, and if you believe in Controlled Digital Lending ( https://controlleddigitallending.org -- to be clear, I do) this permits them to lend a copy out online to one person at a time.

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