Excellent points. It took me a long time to understand that science is about a method of knowing things, not the things we know. That understanding brought enhanced value to what I did know.

When I was a kid, this book inspired me

 

https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=leonardo+de+vries+the+book+of+experiments

 

I see that there are several more now.

More than half a century on I remember the 'list of ingredients' format:

 

"You will require

 

1 Thunderstorm

1 Watch with second hand"

 

etc

Edited December 20, 201510 yr by studiot