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By the age of nine, Taylor had mastered the science of rocket propulsion.

At eleven, his grandmother''s cancer diagnosis inspired him to seek new ways to produce medical isotopes.

And by fourteen, Taylor had built a reactor which produces temperatures hotter than the sun, becoming the youngest person in history to achieve nuclear fusion.

How did Taylor manage all this? And how did his parents find the courage to give their son the support and freedom he needed to succeed? Here is an astonishing story of audacity, perseverance and passion -- and a boy whose world seems to have no limits.

The Boy Who Played with Fusion

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 7 July 2016
      ISBN-13 9780571298143
      978-0571298143
      ISBN-10 0571298141
      Also in:
      Biography: science, technology and medicine Science & Nature Science: general issues

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      By the age of nine, Taylor had mastered the science of rocket propulsion.

      At eleven, his grandmother''s cancer diagnosis inspired him to seek new ways to produce medical isotopes.

      And by fourteen, Taylor had built a reactor which produces temperatures hotter than the sun, becoming the youngest person in history to achieve nuclear fusion.

      How did Taylor manage all this? And how did his parents find the courage to give their son the support and freedom he needed to succeed? Here is an astonishing story of audacity, perseverance and passion -- and a boy whose world seems to have no limits.

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