Radioactive Boy Scout Essay
The Radioactive Boy Scout
Silverstein, Ken The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor (2005) .
I chose this book on many accounts not the least of those being that I heard everyone talking about it in class. I also was intrigued about this book based upon the synopsis that I read in wikipedia. Which explained it well enough to catch my eye and investigate the story to see if I liked which ultimately I had a fine time reading it. I also enjoy learning about people who started from near nothing and made something of themselves. In this case it was a bumpy road, but it was interesting none the less. It was definitely educational for a lack of better words.
The Radioactive Boy Scout was a story of a young chemist in his early beginnings from pouring random chemicals into a vat to see a magic trick to attempting to make a breeder nuclear generator. David Hahn otherwise known as The Radioactive Boyscout started simply. …show more content…
It also encourages people to persist after their goals. When I say goals I don't just mean short term I am referring to long term goals as well, but any goals are inspired by this man’s conflict to finally produce the breeder reactor. It also helps people understand how complex nuclear reactors are. That is with the preconception that anyone would assume that the construction of a nuclear would be simple. This is also a great example of how science should in fact be patient and not wanting immoral resources. David did an astounding amount of illegal things to make his experiments possible. This is a perfect example of what not to do. One should just pay there dues and get the backing of a university to perform experiments. In that environment you can perfect the product exponentially faster along with it help you stay on the right side of the
Silverstein, Ken The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor (2005) .
I chose this book on many accounts not the least of those being that I heard everyone talking about it in class. I also was intrigued about this book based upon the synopsis that I read in wikipedia. Which explained it well enough to catch my eye and investigate the story to see if I liked which ultimately I had a fine time reading it. I also enjoy learning about people who started from near nothing and made something of themselves. In this case it was a bumpy road, but it was interesting none the less. It was definitely educational for a lack of better words.
The Radioactive Boy Scout was a story of a young chemist in his early beginnings from pouring random chemicals into a vat to see a magic trick to attempting to make a breeder nuclear generator. David Hahn otherwise known as The Radioactive Boyscout started simply. …show more content…
It also encourages people to persist after their goals. When I say goals I don't just mean short term I am referring to long term goals as well, but any goals are inspired by this man’s conflict to finally produce the breeder reactor. It also helps people understand how complex nuclear reactors are. That is with the preconception that anyone would assume that the construction of a nuclear would be simple. This is also a great example of how science should in fact be patient and not wanting immoral resources. David did an astounding amount of illegal things to make his experiments possible. This is a perfect example of what not to do. One should just pay there dues and get the backing of a university to perform experiments. In that environment you can perfect the product exponentially faster along with it help you stay on the right side of the