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Finding Books on the Education of Randy Morrow? 29

Posted by Cliff from the passing-down-something-from-your-past dept.
Not Randy At All asks: "In an effort to get my young sons interested in some sort of science subject I am trying to find some books which I read as a child in England. Written for kids rather than adults, this was a series of books where a Father who (I think was some sort of technical journalist) always got his kid interested in the stories he covered. The only one I remember clearly was the book where the kid studied for his ham radio license. All of the books covered one science subject, I'm pretty sure that they included geology, and the only other thing I remember was that the kid was called Randy Morrow. Do you Slashdot readers remember these books and can you point me towards some of the titles? Obviously I've tried the usual sources, including Amazon and Google, but they have all turned up blank."
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  • I thought you said you tried Google? (Score:5, Informative)

    by floydigus ( 415917 ) on Tuesday July 15, 2003 @06:38AM (#6441048)
    Try here [taylorsbookpage.net]
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  • Some answers (Score:5, Informative)

    by alexjohns ( 53323 ) <almuric.gmail@com> on Tuesday July 15, 2003 @09:00AM (#6441622) Journal
    A quick search on google reveals that these were probably published by 'Popular Mechanics Press' with titles starting 'There's Adventure in...", followed by 'Rockets', 'Atomic Energy', 'Geology', etc. Some were authored by Julian May. They were evidently some sort of 'Career Books'.

    Here's one [amazon.com]. That's about all I can help you with. Note: This took me about 15 minutes on Google. Might want to bone up on your searching skills.

    Why is this on /.? They do stuff like this on rec.arts.sf.written. There's probably a similar newsgroup for non-fiction. The guys on r.a.s.w. could probably have pointed you there.

    • The real question is, do you WANT to have your child read "There's adventure in Atomic Energy" followed by "There's adventure in Rockets"??!!

      • These were written in the 1950's and 60's. It would be like basing your career on Tom Swift or early Heinlein juveniles. Short of your kid scraping the luminescent stuff off of 50,000 glow-in-the-dark watches, I don't think you have anything to worry about, practically. I can think of far worse things than having your kid say "I want to go to Mars on an Atomic Rocket."

        On a separate note, it looks my little guy is going to be an entomologist, at the rate he's going. Not that there's anything wrong with that

  • Since nobody else will... (Score:3, Informative)

    by pythorlh ( 236755 ) <<moc.liamg> <ta> <rohtyp>> on Tuesday July 15, 2003 @10:55AM (#6442751) Journal
    I'll try to give a real answer, instead of just complaining.

    I'm not familliar with the titles you're discussing, but if you use Amazon.com to look for the Author: Julian May, Publisher: Creative Education you'll find This List [amazon.com]. Which is what I think you're looking for. Not many reviews on Amazon, though, so I can't Tell. Oh, and I limited results to pre-1980... Not sure if that helps or hurts.

  • Is this the same author that I remember from the Pliocene novels (Non-Born King, Adversary, Golden Torc et al)? I hihgly recommend those books to the general slashdot readers weather its the same Julian May or not.
    • "Is this the same author that I remember from the Pliocene novels (Non-Born King, Adversary, Golden Torc et al)?"

      I believe so. She had a long career writing children's books and non-fiction before hitting it bit with SF & Fantasy.

  • Try rec.arts.books.children (Score:4, Informative)

    by dpbsmith ( 263124 ) on Tuesday July 15, 2003 @12:29PM (#6443681) Homepage
    Use a subject line like "ID: Randy Morrow."

    At least 10% of the traffic on this newsgroup is people trying to identify books they read as a kid, and the ability of the group's readership to identify them is absolutely phenomenal.

  • Your reasoning? (Score:3, Insightful)

    by whoda ( 569082 ) on Tuesday July 15, 2003 @01:36PM (#6444263) Homepage
    "In an effort to get my young sons interested in some sort of science subject"

    Just so you know, my father also tried to 'interest' me in subjects.

    Unfortunately, just because I'm his son does NOT mean we share an aptitude for the same things.

    He went out of his way to ensure I got math/science/electronics schooling/training.

    He used to justify it by saying "I work in air-conditioned building every day. Mechanical laborers are hot,sweaty and miserable, you don't want to do that."

    The only problem is/was is that I'm more mechanically inclined, but I haven't really discovered this until my late 20's/early 30's.

    Unfortunately I've been staring at schematics for the last 10 years, and I'm not too happy with my career.

    Don't assume you children will like or enjoy the same things you do. Even if they are as smart as you, even if they look like you, even if they smell like you.

    If they are interested in science, they will find a way to convey that, YOU do not need to interest them in science.

    If they like Art, then they like Art. If they like music, then so be it You cannot change that. You can try, but it's not worth it to their future.
    • What do you do when they're interested in nothing but shiny things on TV? which is usually the result of having no interest at all?

      I will not have one of those in my house, no sir. They tend to become injured morally and in their self-image and tend not to care about consequences just sitting there absorbing junk media.

      I don't want them to become like me (certainly not like the losers I faced growing up, but that a whole other post.) However, you have to exercise your brain to use it. I'm not going to wai
    • Regardless of whether kids have a taste for a subject or not, they should be exposed to it. my parents forced me to learn the basics of science and mathematics while exposing me to liberal artsy stuff too. They never forced me into making their decision for what I wanted to do with my life. However, had I not been exposed to these elements at a young age, I never would have been able to develop a taste for my interests. If you're kid doesn't want to become a mathematician or an engineer, that's fine. b

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