The Boy Who Played with Fusion by Tom Clynes

The Boy Who Played with Fusion by Tom Clynes

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By the age of nine, Taylor had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. And by fourteen, Taylor had built a reactor which produces temperatures hotter than the sun, becoming the youngest person in history to achieve nuclear fusion. How did Taylor manage all this? This is the story of a boy whose world seems to have no limits.

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The Boy Who Played with Fusion by Tom Clynes

By the age of nine, Taylor had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. At eleven, his grandmother's cancer diagnosis inspired him to seek new ways to produce medical isotopes. And by fourteen, Taylor had built a reactor which produces temperatures hotter than the sun, becoming the youngest person in history to achieve nuclear fusion. How did Taylor manage all this? And how did his parents find the courage to give their son the support and freedom he needed to succeed? Here is an astonishing story of audacity, perseverance and passion -- and a boy whose world seems to have no limits.
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 Magazine, Bicycling and many other publications.
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ISBN 13 9780571298143
ISBN 10 0571298141
Title The Boy Who Played with Fusion
Author Tom Clynes
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2016-07-07
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.