tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437148317327768610.post4502313212164465609..comments2023-12-03T03:16:24.002-08:00Comments on Liberal Arts Chemistry: Everyone Gotta See ThisLiberal Arts Chemisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15596792160119000781noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437148317327768610.post-79667477477017007092008-02-08T22:17:00.000-08:002008-02-08T22:17:00.000-08:00I also got a chemistry set in the early 70s. The p...I also got a chemistry set in the early 70s. The particulars are a dim memory, but it set me on the road to becoming a chemist. I remember it being fun, and exciting.<BR/><BR/>I worry a lot about my own children's peers (with a scientist dad, my kids are going to be fine. We were playing with cyclodextrin this evening...)<BR/><BR/>The supplier guy in the video pissed me off. I actually support being able to buy modest amounts of some of the things he supplies, but he set a horrible example.Robin St. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079748114787155061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437148317327768610.post-74842922607705289082007-12-24T07:55:00.000-08:002007-12-24T07:55:00.000-08:00I got my first chemistry set in the early 1970's a...I got my first chemistry set in the early 1970's and it was very similar to the one in the video from 1963. It was a hoot. And it is true that in the early 70's you could pick up some weird stuff in pharmacies. I guess back then they were still making some of the drugs they dispensed and were not just pill counters.<BR/><BR/>I must say that the focus on the guerilla science supplier in the video disturbed me. The suppliers did not wear even rudimentary or common sense safety equipment. That part I was not so keen on.Liberal Arts Chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596792160119000781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437148317327768610.post-81280623175975024972007-12-23T12:56:00.000-08:002007-12-23T12:56:00.000-08:00I would have been better off with a decent chemist...I would have been better off with a decent chemistry set as a kid. Instead, I was an astronomy/geology nerd. All my elementary & middle school science classes focused on biology. It was incredibly boring, but safe. I hated science classes until high school chemistry, but even then I was terrified of the labs. (Took a while for that to wear off, but I'm OK now...)Ψ*Ψhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089754859676425655noreply@blogger.com