{"product_id":"the-boy-who-played-with-fusion-extreme-science-extreme-parenting-and-how-to-make-a-star-paperback","title":"The Boy Who Played with Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting, and How to Make a Star - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Clynes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2016 PEN\/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The amazing story of an unbelievable boy . . . 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 \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEat, Pray, Love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eBunch of Amateurs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By the age of nine, Taylor Wilson had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. At eleven, his grandmother's cancer diagnosis inspired 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Who Played with Fusion, \u003c\/i\u003e science journalist Tom Clynes narrates Taylor's extraordinary journey--from his Arkansas home, to a unique public high school just for academic superstars, to the present, when Wilson is designing devices to prevent terrorists from shipping radioactive material and inspiring a new generation to take on the challenges of science. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Clynes guides us on an engrossing journey to the outer realms of science and parenting. \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Who Played with Fusion\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating exploration of 'giftedness' and all its consequences.\" --Paul Greenberg, author of \u003ci\u003eFour Fish \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAmerican Catch\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An essential contribution to our understanding of the most important underlying questions about the development of giftedness, talent, creativity, and intelligence.\" --\u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2016 PEN\/E. 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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?\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Who Played with Fusion, \u003c\/i\u003e science journalist Tom Clynes narrates Taylor s extraordinary journey from his Arkansas home, to a unique public high school just for academic superstars, to the present, when Wilson is designing devices to prevent terrorists from shipping radioactive material and inspiring a new generation to take on the challenges of science.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Clynes guides us on an engrossing journey to the outer realms of science and parenting. \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Who Played with Fusion\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating exploration of giftedness and all its consequences. 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