Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-11-12
Books mentioned on Kids' Chemistry Sets: KABOOM!
A surprising number of Nobel Prize winners credit their childhood chemistry set for sparking their interest in science. But most kids just used them to make stuff explode.
Josh Clark discussed How to Sharpen Pencils by David Rees.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to Sharpen Pencils
Discussed“what's the name of his book about artisanal pencil sharpening I think it's how to how to sharpen pencils”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Prospecting for uranium
“Well, the ones that came with uranium, uh, they had, you know, booklets; one was called Prospecting for Uranium! Uh, that, that taught you how to mine a radioactive ore!”