The boy who played with fusion extreme science, extreme parenting, and how to make a star / Tom Clynes.

Author/creator Clynes, Tom
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]
Descriptionxv, 303 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete
Subjects

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 -- Roots of prodigiousness -- 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.
General note"An Eamon Dolan book."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014048519
ISBN9780544085114 (hardcover)
ISBN9780544084742 (ebook)

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