Radioactive Boy Book Report
The Radioactive Boy Scout
It all begins with a frightening true story of a whiz kid and his homemade nuclear reactor. This is a story of a Michigan teen in the early 1990s by the name of David Hahn. David was basically free of adult guidance or supervision, worked tirelessly to build a breeder reactor in his back yard. At times this feels like a tale of youthful determination to reach a goal, a story of a self-motivated kid immersing himself in self-directed learning and doing an impressive job of identifying the resources he required. However, this is also a story about how, in the quest to achieve that goal, safety considerations can pretty much disappear. As a very young boy David begins to mix chemicals searching for some type of …show more content…
There David made some moonshine at Lost Lake using a yeast base recipe from ethanol that he found in the Golden Book. David loved experimenting, but did not want to construct a collection to keep locked up in a glass case; he wanted to conduct experiments. (Silverstein, 96) David used many different elements when experimenting with the elements. Some examples of these elements are phosphorous, asphalt, and sticks. This is closely related to the Periodic Table that contains all of the elements. David talks about the Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant and how many sodium explosions the plant experienced. He cited the University of Michigan for their study of experiments. As David experiences on with his business and keeps on collecting different elements. He decides to establish the Big D Lawn Mowing Service and then he would move on to establish the Big D Nuclear Power Plant. Many people in David’s life, including his teachers thought it was a hobby like stamp collecting, it was just for fun. As a child, David never really knew the effects of the radioactive materials and how it could be harmful. The Radioactive Boy Scout is an appealing walk through a tough set of scientific problems and a terrifying look at what can happen when scientific problems are stripped out of their real-life context. This book really taught me a lot about the interesting reactions of chemicals and elements along with the fact that safety
It all begins with a frightening true story of a whiz kid and his homemade nuclear reactor. This is a story of a Michigan teen in the early 1990s by the name of David Hahn. David was basically free of adult guidance or supervision, worked tirelessly to build a breeder reactor in his back yard. At times this feels like a tale of youthful determination to reach a goal, a story of a self-motivated kid immersing himself in self-directed learning and doing an impressive job of identifying the resources he required. However, this is also a story about how, in the quest to achieve that goal, safety considerations can pretty much disappear. As a very young boy David begins to mix chemicals searching for some type of …show more content…
There David made some moonshine at Lost Lake using a yeast base recipe from ethanol that he found in the Golden Book. David loved experimenting, but did not want to construct a collection to keep locked up in a glass case; he wanted to conduct experiments. (Silverstein, 96) David used many different elements when experimenting with the elements. Some examples of these elements are phosphorous, asphalt, and sticks. This is closely related to the Periodic Table that contains all of the elements. David talks about the Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant and how many sodium explosions the plant experienced. He cited the University of Michigan for their study of experiments. As David experiences on with his business and keeps on collecting different elements. He decides to establish the Big D Lawn Mowing Service and then he would move on to establish the Big D Nuclear Power Plant. Many people in David’s life, including his teachers thought it was a hobby like stamp collecting, it was just for fun. As a child, David never really knew the effects of the radioactive materials and how it could be harmful. The Radioactive Boy Scout is an appealing walk through a tough set of scientific problems and a terrifying look at what can happen when scientific problems are stripped out of their real-life context. This book really taught me a lot about the interesting reactions of chemicals and elements along with the fact that safety