Silverstein, Ken.

The radioactive boy scout : the frightening true story of a whiz kid and his homemade nuclear reactor / Ken Silverstein. - Villard Books trade pbk. ed. - New York : Villard, 2005, c2004. - xvii, 209 p. ; 21 cm.

Originally published: New York : Random House, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-209).

Traces a boy's fascination with science and nuclear physics, which compelled him to misrepresent himself to the government and build a reactor in his back yard, causing an environmental catastrophe in his quiet Detroit town.

0812966600 (pbk.) : $13.95


Hahn, David, 1976-


Boy Scouts of America.


Gifted children--Biography.
Emotionally disturbed children--Biography.
Nuclear reactors.

TK9014.H34 / S54 2005

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