There were certain books you’d check out over and over again. One of those was [Raymond Barrett’s] Build-It-Yourself Science Laboratory ... challenges when I read it in the 1970’s.

This classic book published in 1989 focuses on seven habits for personal development and how one can focus on effectiveness.

Indeed, the subtitle of the book, How the glow of ... The Elements of Marie Curie should be on the required reading list for every high school science student in the land. And not just the girls.