happybeachbum Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) I found this while reading an old issue of Popular Science. This sounds like it would have been a cool course. Too bad it's not in existence or doesn't seem to be anymore. Does anyone know of this school? Does anyone know of the texts used and if it's possible to find them? Edited May 23, 2017 by happybeachbum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixpix5 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Neat :) So if you google vvintage chemcraft chemistry you might be able to see similar kits that were used. No, they don't do this anymore because the kits contained fun stuff like uranium and cyanide as well as instructions for explosive mixtures. The kits are pretty darn cool. I remember my dad having kept his set for nostalgic purposes. Love this add though! $1 for the kit and first 5 lessons. If only curriculum were that cheap! ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Ha, that sounds great! I found my Dad's old high school Trig book from the 1940's, and that's what I decided to use with my own kids. My kids thought it was really cool. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 No idea of this school. You might like The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments though. http://www.geekityourself.com/files/The-Golden-Book-Of-Chemistry-Experiments.pdf I found my Dad's old high school Trig book from the 1940's, and that's what I decided to use with my own kids. My kids thought it was really cool. :) Gelfand and Saul's trigonometry book is not bad too. http://users.auth.gr/~siskakis/GelfandSaul-Trigonometry.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 No idea of this school. You might like The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments though. http://www.geekityourself.com/files/The-Golden-Book-Of-Chemistry-Experiments.pdf Gelfand and Saul's trigonometry book is not bad too. http://users.auth.gr/~siskakis/GelfandSaul-Trigonometry.pdf I had to get out my dad's old Trig book to see which one it was... It's called Elements of Trigonometry by Kells, Kern, and Bland. (1943) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happybeachbum Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) Ha, that sounds great! I found my Dad's old high school Trig book from the 1940's, and that's what I decided to use with my own kids. My kids thought it was really cool. :) As for math I wish I had know of Arthur Whimbey and his Algebra Free Challenge https://web.archive.org/web/20020803012858/http://whimbey.com:80/Problems/problems.htm It's funny you mention your dad's high school Trig book. I read a comment on a different forum by a guy who used a 1950's discrete mathematics textbook and found it was better than the current one. http://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/_author/whimbey-9780415502238/moreproblems.php formerly Whimbey.com has pics of old Arithmetic book and an old Algebra book. It is interesting when I look at older algebra textbooks and they are so slim compared to ones today. It's also interesting that the most practical Algebra book was written 800 or so years ago by the man that the word Algorithm comes from. I actually found a copy of al-kitab al-muhtasar fi hisab al-jabr w'al-mugabala The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing is a translation for the latin version vs. the original Arabic. the http://www.lemauricien.com/article/history-al-khwarizmi-father-algebra-and-grand-father-computer-science I even found a translated copy of Liber Abaci by Leonardo of Pisa, also known as Fibonacci. Edited May 23, 2017 by happybeachbum 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 It's also interesting that the most practical Algebra book was written 800 or so years ago by the man that the word Algorithm comes from. I actually found a copy of al-kitab al-muhtasar fi hisab al-jabr w'al-mugabala The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing is a translation for the latin version vs. the original Arabic. the http://www.lemauricien.com/article/history-al-khwarizmi-father-algebra-and-grand-father-computer-science I even found a translated copy of Liber Abaci by Leonardo of Pisa, also known as Fibonacci. Wow, that is really fascinating!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happybeachbum Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) Wow, that is really fascinating!! Correction it might have been 11 hundred years. I would love to read his other book the Art of Hindu reckoning. There his no surviving version in it's original language but there was a latin translation. Muhammad Ibn Must al-Khwarizmi Another book I would love to find is The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by Ismail Al-Jazari. I want to build the elephant clock. Some his inventions were still being used well into the 20th century. I loved Ancient Discoveries from the History Channel. so sad the direction channels like TLC, History and Discovery have taken I wonder what the House of Wisdom would be like today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wisdom I find it interesting that many schools started out as libraries. I'm showing my geekiness when it comes to history. LOL Man I miss this show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsVAd_S6-IU Edited May 23, 2017 by happybeachbum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happybeachbum Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) Oops this was a double post. Didn't realize my reply went through the first time. Edited May 23, 2017 by happybeachbum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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