Check this out. Little gifts keep coming out of nowhere that intrigue my inner science geek. When I was a young girl I was fascinated with my older brother's chemistry set. I used to be really good at science - then i was directed to home ec and office procedures. Girls were not supposed to be interested in science. I don't know what made them think typing, shorthand (does anybody even use that anymore?) the 10 key calculator, and the Burroughs word processor (yes, I'm dating myself - this was the dawn of the computer age) were more interesting. Yes, we even learned how to greet your boss's (always male) clients and serve coffee.
Ahhhhhhh, high school. I still had the time of my life even if we were pegged into gender-specific education. I would not trade the experience for anything. I suppose I should give the education system credit being that women in the 1980's only recently gained the right to even vote some 50-60 years prior.
Galileo. I love your thermometer. It's very mesmerizing...like watching a lava lamp.
