[WalterBright]

The old German chemistry set, Kosmos' All-Chemist, was basically an incarnation of that book. Kosmos' contemporaneous Electronik-Labor series was also an amazing kit that would provide a kid with the equivalent of an Electronic Engineering degree (absent the math).

Kosmos really made amazing kits for teenagers who were fascinated with science and technology.

I scanned in one of their manuals (with their kind permission):

https://generalatomic.com/teil1/index.html

for the first in the Electronik-Labor series, so you can see for yourself!

[giantg2]

I had a simple kit that was basically a big board with components on it. The components had springs attached. Then you could stick wires in the springs to connect them. It had a book with schematics and info. Not sure who made it.

[WalterBright]

Radio Shack had a kit like that.