The Radioactive Boy Scout : The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor (Paperback)

from Sandydog1

Ok, 'not the best researched or written investigative report, but it is a fast, entertaining read and a 5-star topic. I mean really, 'building a nuclear breeder reactor by a troubled teenager, in a Detroit suburb shed, inspired by a merit badge?

from sensascriptor525

Normally I'm basically disinterested in science matters, but after learning what this book was about - the true story of a high school student who built a nuclear reactor in his mother's backyard - I was intrigued. The author first told of this story in an article in Harper's Magazine and for obv...

from jimphelps

A very entertaining if not somewhat disturbing true story about a boy who builds a breeder reactor in his potting shed. Lost in life, with missing in action parents, the young scout latches onto nuclear science and chemistry and ignores pretty much everything else. A very entertaining read.

from stephmo

The story of David Hahn should be given as a cautionary tale to any parent that feels the best course of action is to stay largely uninvolved in their child's life since they'll likely have friends, school and even some social clubs where someone else is bound to pick up some of the slack when it...

from eleanor_eader

David Hahn, Boy Scout, almost single-mindedly obsessed with science, attempted to build a breeder reactor - a type of nuclear reactor that produces more of its own fuel than it needs to power it - in his mother's backyard shed. This is the story of how close he came, and how the extent of his exp...