The boy who played with fusion : extreme science, extreme parenting, and how to make a star
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015].
Physical Desc
xv, 303 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Redwood Campus
QC774 .W55 C59 2015
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QC774 .W55 C59 2015
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015].
Format
Book
Language
English
UPC
40025044552
Notes
General Note
"An Eamon Dolan book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index.
Description
By the age of nine, Taylor Wilson had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. At eleven, his grandmother's cancer diagnosis drove him to investigate new ways to produce medical isotopes. By fourteen, Wilson had built a 500-million-degree reactor and become the youngest person in history to achieve nuclear fusion. Clynes narrates Wilson's extraordinary journey-- and reveals how our education system shortchanges gifted students, and what we can do to fix it.
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How an American teenager became the youngest person ever to build a working nuclear fusion reactor. By the age of nine, Taylor Wilson had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. At eleven, his grandmother's cancer diagnosis drove him to investigate new ways to produce medical isotopes. And by fourteen, Wilson had built a 500-million-degree reactor and become the youngest person in history to achieve nuclear fusion. How could someone so young achieve so much, and what can Wilson's story teach parents and teachers about how to support high-achieving kids? Here, science journalist Tom Clynes narrates Taylor Wilson's extraordinary journey--from his Arkansas home where his parents fully supported his intellectual passions, to a unique Reno, Nevada, public high school just for academic superstars, to the present, when Wilson is winning international science competitions with devices designed to prevent terrorists from shipping radioactive material into the country. Along the way, Clynes reveals how our education system shortchanges gifted students, and what we can do to fix it.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Clynes, T. (2015). The boy who played with fusion: extreme science, extreme parenting, and how to make a star . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Clynes, Tom. 2015. The Boy Who Played With Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting, and How to Make a Star. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Clynes, Tom. The Boy Who Played With Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting, and How to Make a Star Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Clynes, Tom. The Boy Who Played With Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting, and How to Make a Star Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
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