The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments

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The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments* is a famous chemistry book for children published in the United States in 1960, written by Robert Brent and illustrated by Harry Lazarus.

Today, it is considered one of the rarest, most controversial, and most sought-after science books in the world. The manual has become something of an urban legend and a collector's item due to its content and history: Instructions considered dangerous today—the book taught children how to set up a genuine home chemistry laboratory and contained experiments for producing substances now deemed entirely unsuitable for minors, such as chloroform, chlorine gas (highly toxic), and the use of flammable and corrosive materials.

The link to the "Radioactive Boy Scout"—the book was the primary inspiration for David Hahn, an American teenager who, in the 1990s, attempted to collect all the elements of the periodic table and went so far as to build a homemade nuclear reactor model in his mother's shed, prompting intervention by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and the NRC.

Rarity—due to the potential danger of the experiments if performed without expert supervision, many copies were withdrawn from the market or removed from public libraries in the years that followed.

It is estimated that very few original hard copies of the first edition, dated October 15, 1960, still exist.


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