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The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear...
by Silverstein, Ken | HC | VeryGood
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- Très bon
- Remarques du vendeur
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780375503511
À propos de ce produit
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
037550351X
ISBN-13
9780375503511
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038258776
Product Key Features
Book Title
Radioactive Boy Scout : the True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Power Resources / Nuclear, Outdoor Skills, Children with Special Needs, General
Genre
Family & Relationships, Sports & Recreation, Technology & Engineering, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
11.5 Oz
Item Length
7.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-054811
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Anyone who has ever wondered what the neighborhood geek might be brewing up in his backyard should read The Radioactive Boy Scout. This is a riveting and disturbing story about the power of the teenage mind-and the sparks that fly when a nuclear family melts down." -David Kushner, author of Masters of Doom
Dewey Decimal
621.48/3/092
Synopsis
Growing up in suburban Detroit, David Hahn was fascinated by science, and his basement experiments-building homemade fireworks, brewing moonshine, and concocting his own self-tanning lotion-were more ambitious than those of other boys. While working on his Atomic Energy badge for the Boy Scouts, David's obsessive attention turned to nuclear energy. Throwing caution to the wind, he plunged into a new project: building a nuclear breeder reactor in his backyard garden shed. InThe Radioactive Boy Scout, veteran journalist Ken Silverstein recreates in brilliant detail the months of David's improbable nuclear quest. Posing as a physics professor, David solicited information on reactor design from the U.S. government and from industry experts. (Ironically, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was his number one source of information.) Scavenging antiques stores and junkyards for old-fashioned smoke detectors and gas lanterns-both of which contain small amounts of radioactive material-and following blueprints he found in an outdated physics textbook, David cobbled together a crude device that threw off toxic levels of radiation. His unsanctioned and wholly unsupervised project finally sparked an environmental catastrophe that put his town's forty thousand residents at risk and caused the EPA to shut down his lab and bury it at a radioactive dumpsite in Utah. An outrageous account of ambition and, ultimately, hubris that sits comfortably on the shelf next to such offbeat science books as Driving Mr. Albert and stories of grand capers likeCatch Me If You Can,The Radioactive Boy Scoutis a real-life adventure with the narrative energy of a first-rate thriller.
LC Classification Number
TK9014.H34S54 2004
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- avr. 18, 2017
Very interesting account of a boy who literally built a working reactor from easily found materials.
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Évaluations comme vendeur (5 694 217)
- c***m (417)- Évaluation laissée par l'acheteur.Six derniers moisAchat vérifiéWOW!; I cannot believe this 3 Days to Hawaii! ; AAA+++; Excellent Service; Great Pricing; Fast Delivery-Faster Than Expected to Hawaii!; Shipped 05/05, Mon, Received 05/08, Thu to Hawaii using free shipping; USPS Ground Mail, Book in Excellent Condition--Better Than Described ; TLC Packaging; Excellent Seller Communication, Sends updates . Highly Recommended!, Thank you very much!
- v***v (2057)- Évaluation laissée par l'acheteur.Dernier moisAchat vérifiéAlthough this book was not as described, with no picture of it in the listing, the seller communicated well and quickly gave me a full refund while letting me keep it. The minimal packaging left the book a bit vulnerable (typical for ThriftBooks), but it did arrive safely and timely. As usual, it’s hit or miss with this seller, but often times you can get great values, and their customer service is always very good. Many other sellers with millions of transactions don’t even communicate.
- 2***j (113)- Évaluation laissée par l'acheteur.Dernier moisAchat vérifiéI've ordered several items from this vendor now and they've always been what they were advertised as. This was no exception. Both discs were in great shape as well as their jewel cases. Delivery is good, packaging is simple but effective for what you're paying and I haven't had any get damaged. Will keep buying from this vendor because of the results so far and good prices, too.