The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments BOOK ON CD

The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments was a children's chemistry book written in the 1960s by Robert Brent. Many of the experiments contained in the book are now considered "dangerous for unsupervised children", and would not appear in a modern children's chemistry book.

The book was a source of inspiration to David Hahn, nicknamed "the Radioactive Boy Scout" by the media, who tried to collect a sample of every chemical element and also built a model nuclear reactor .  Growing up in suburban Detroit, David Hahn was fascinated by science, and his basement experiments—building homemade fireworks, brewing moonshine, and concocting his own self-tanning lotion—were more ambitious than those of other boys. While working on his Atomic Energy badge for the Boy Scouts, David’s obsessive attention turned to nuclear energy. Throwing caution to the wind, he plunged into a new project: building a nuclear breeder reactor in his backyard garden shed.
or, which led to the involvement of the authorities.

Provided as a PDF on CD

The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments was a children’s chemistry book written in the 1960s by Robert Brent and illustrated by Harry Lazarus, showing how to set up your own home laboratory and conduct over 200 experiments.

The book is controversial, as many of the experiments contained in the book are now considered too dangerous for the general public.

The US government had the book removed from libraries and banned for sale on the grounds that the projects were too dangerous for its intended audience. I would have to agree that you probably don't want your kids making and igniting hydrogen in the garage, but for the aspiring chemist who can adhere to the safety precautions, this remains one of the best do-it-yourself chemistry books around.

The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments, written by Robert Brent and illustrated by Harry Lazarus, is a children's book published in the 1960s that was intended to explain to kids how they could set up a home chemistry lab and conduct simple experiments. Supposedly the US government had the book removed from libraries and banned for sale on the grounds that the projects were too dangerous for its intended audience. I would have to agree that you probably don't want your kids making and igniting hydrogen in the garage, but for the aspiring chemist who can adhere to the safety precautions, this remains one of the best do-it-yourself chemistry books around.

The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments

Robert Brent (1960)

How to setup a home laboratory - over 200 simple experiments

Children's chemistry book intended to explain to kids how they can setup a chemistry lab and do simple experiments.

Recommended use under parental supervision

on CD in Adobe PDF format

In Color

Contents

What Chemistry Is

Words Used by Chemists

The Importance of Chemistry

Chemists of the Past

Your Home Laboratory

Equipment for Chemistry

Setting Up Your Home Laboratory

Making Apparatus for Experiments

Scientific Measurements

Correct Laboratory Techniques

The Scientific Approach

Mr. Faraday’s Candle

You --- The Scientist!

Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures

Water and Gases

Water – Our Most Important Compound

Oxygen – The Breath of Life

Hydrogen – Lightest of All

Carbon Dioxide

Nitrogen and Its Compounds

Chlorine – Friend and Foe

Chemical Formulas

Chemical Shorthand

The Periodic Table of the Elements

Acids, Bases, and Salts

The Mysteries of Solutions

Working with Acids

Working with Bases

Salts – Chemicals of Many Uses

Nonmetals

Iodine – Violet or Brown ?

Sulfur and Its Compounds

Silicon – The Element You Step On

Boron – Future Rocket-Power Element ?

Metals

Sodium and Potassium

Calcium – For Building

Let’s Compare Two Metals

Aluminum – In Abundance

Manganese – Metal of Many Colors

We Live in an Age of Iron

Copper – Yesterday, Today

Silver – One of the “Noble” Metals

More About Formulas

Valences and Formulas

Organic Chemistry

Carbon – Element of a Million Compounds

The Chemistry of Carbon Compounds

The Formulas of Carbon Compounds

A Lot of Hydrocarbons

Carbohydrates – Sweet and Bland

Many Kinds of Alcohols

Carboxylic Acids

Fats and Oils for Energy

Soap and Soap Making

Proteins – The Body-Building Foods

Colloidal Dispersions

Natural and Artificial Fibers

Plastics – A Modern Giant

Chemical Mathematics

Working Out Chemical Equations

The Future of Chemistry

What’s Ahead in Chemistry ?

Where to Get Chemicals and Equipment

Common Chemicals and Their Formulas

Index