Category Archives: coming of age in the 50s

My abbreviated career in science

Along about the age of 12, I received a Gilbert #10 Microscope Set for Christmas. It contained a microscope, test tubes, some dry chemicals and slides, both prepared and blank so you could make your own. My family apparently had … Continue reading

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