The Boy Who Played With Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting, and How to Make a Star - Brossura

Clynes, Tom

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ISBN 10: 0544705025 ISBN 13: 9780544705029

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2016

Riassunto

Offers an account of child genius Taylor Wilson's successful quest to build his own nuclear reactor at the age of 14, and an exploration of how gifted children can be nurtured to do extraordinary things. 35,000 first printing.

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Praise for The Boy Who Played with Fusion “Here is the amazing story of an unbelievable boy—somebody who seems more like a figure out of fiction (science fiction, to be specific) than reality. But the story is true, the boy is true, and the science is true. And the world that opens up to us through his story is both fascinating and slightly terrifying . . . but in a good way. You won’t be able to walk away from this tale.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Signature of All Things “Imagine if cartoon whiz-kid Jimmy Neutron were real and had a brainchild with MacGyver and his adolescence got told as a rollicking bildungsroman about American prodigies and DIY nuclear reactors—well, that’s this book.” —Jack Hitt, author of Bunch of Amateurs “Clynes guides us on an engrossing journey to the outer realms of science and parenting, The Boy Who Played with Fusion is a fascinating exploration of ‘giftedness’ and all its consequences.” —Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish and American Catch

Praise for The Boy Who Played with Fusion “Here is the amazing story of an unbelievable boy—somebody who seems more like a figure out of fiction (science fiction, to be specific) than reality. But the story is true, the boy is true, and the science is true. And the world that opens up to us through his story is both fascinating and slightly terrifying . . . but in a good way. You won’t be able to walk away from this tale.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Signature of All Things “Imagine if cartoon whiz-kid Jimmy Neutron were real and had a brainchild with MacGyver and his adolescence got told as a rollicking bildungsroman about American prodigies and DIY nuclear reactors—well, that’s this book.” —Jack Hitt, author of Bunch of Amateurs                           “Clynes guides us on an engrossing journey to the outer realms of science and parenting, The Boy Who Played with Fusion is a fascinating exploration of ‘giftedness’ and all its consequences.” —Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish and American Catch

L'autore

TOM CLYNES is a contributing editor at Popular Science and regularly writes for National Geographic and Men’s Journal. His work has also appeared in GQ, the Guardian, the Washington Post,Conservation,Bicycling, and many other publications.

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0544705025
• ISBN 13: 9780544705029
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 303