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Thu Feb 5, 2015, 01:52 AMStar Member hedgehog (34,566 posts) When i was a child back in the early 60's, I used to take outlibrary books about the heroes of science:Jenner, Pasteur, Robert Koch, Walter Reed and of course, Jonas Salk. When did those books become passe?
Response to hedgehog (Original post)Thu Feb 5, 2015, 02:52 AMExpat in Korea (116 posts) 3. For me, it wasEncyclopedia Brittanica. I would spend hours and hours reading them in my g'mother's living room. I was a low-maintenance child. They included quite a bit about the lives of great scientists, too
Response to hedgehog (Original post)Thu Feb 5, 2015, 03:55 AMHekate (27,634 posts) 5. I did, too. My mom had this great book of biographies of scientists, and I loved it.Had NO idea how to pronounce Van Leeuwenhoek! Can't remember the name of the book, but another one she had was Gods, Graves, and Scholars about the early archaeologists. I really liked reading about science and scientists. One thing that happened with my own kids, to my sorrow, was that they never had the hours of free time I had as a kid, in which I could choose to read. I had to work full time, and they had to be in after school activities or with a sitter. There was just not that much unstructured time for them.
Response to hedgehog (Original post)Thu Feb 5, 2015, 09:19 AMStar Member MineralMan (70,192 posts) 8. Kids are still reading those books, and others.I read them, too, in the 50s and 60s. Most kids I knew didn't, though. I doubt that much has changed in that regard. Most kids never read those books or any other books not assigned to them. A few kids, like you and me, read them because we wanted to read them. I don't think that will ever change
I don't believe a word of any of this.I read profusely as a child (still do), mostly science books, also the World Book Encyclopedia (and their Childcraft books series as well). I never became a liberal, and I sure ain't no DUmmie.
Are the libs saying that if I read too much I will become one of them ?I better stop reading.
I thought I was the only one who read the Encyclopedia when I was a kid. My grandma had them on her bookshelf; and I would just thumb through the pages and read the items that caught my attention (usually the ones with cool pictures, I have to admit). She also had Yearbooks published by World Book. I wish I still had those.
Thu Feb 5, 2015, 01:52 AMStar Member hedgehog (34,566 posts) When i was a child back in the early 60's, I used to take outlibrary books about the heroes of science:Jenner, Pasteur, Robert Koch , Walter Reed and of course, Jonas Salk. When did those books become passe?
