Finding Books on the Education of Randy Morrow?

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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[Anonymous Coward]

WRONG !!!

Comments from original author of post, please mod up.

I'm the original author of the posting and I have no connection to VA apart from a VA Linux sticker on my laptop.

Thanks to all those who have taken the trouble to give decent information, the book titles of 'There's Adventure In....' certainly rings a bell but the last time I saw any of these books was over thirty years ago.

My two kids are interested in science but thanks to the poor school system where we now live they have no chance to get a decent taste for all the different disciplines. I can teach them a bit of electronics and chemistry but when it comes to subjects like geology I'm stuck.

A quick search on Amazon for Julian May produced plenty of books but not the ones we are looking for. Any more information from the Slashdot crowd would therefore be appreciated.

Richard Morley