| Description |
xv, 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The digger -- The pre-nuclear family -- Propulsion! -- Space camp -- The "responsible" radioactive boy scout -- The cookie jar -- In the (glowing) footsteps of giants -- Alpha, beta, gamma -- Trust but verify -- Extreme parenting -- Accelerating toward big science -- Heavy water -- Bright as the sun -- Bringing the sun down to earth -- The roots of prodigiousness -- The lucky donkey theory -- Twice as nice, half as good -- Atomic travel -- Champions for the gifted -- A Hogwarts for geniuses -- A fourth state of grape -- Heavy metal apron -- Birth of a star -- The neutron club -- A field of dreams, an epiphany in a box -- The father of all bombs -- We're just breathing your air -- The superbowl of science -- Scotch tape. |
| Summary |
Offers an account of child genius Taylor Wilson's successful quest to build his own nuclear reactor at the age of fourteen, and explores how gifted children can be nurtured to do extraordinary things. |
| Note |
"An Eamon Dolan book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-295) and index. |
| Subject |
Wilson, Taylor, 1994-
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Gifted boys -- Biography.
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Fusion reactors.
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Nuclear fusion.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Extreme science, extreme parenting, and how to make a star. |
| ISBN |
9780544085114 |
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0544085116 |
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9780544705029 pbk. |
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