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By Clynes, Tom2015., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: MEMOIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Relates the story of Taylor Wilson, who by the age of nine had mastered the science of rocket propulsion and at fourteen became the youngest person in history to achieve nuclear fusion when he built a 500-million degree nuclear reactor. Provides information about how his parents supported his intellectual passions and offers advice about how parents and teachers can support gifted students whose needs are not met the educational system.
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By Clynes, Tom2015., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: INVENTORS & INVENTIONS NF CLY Edition: 1st Mariner Bks. ed. 2016. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Relates the story of Taylor Wilson, who, by the age of nine, had mastered the science of rocket propulsion and at fourteen became the youngest person in history to achieve nuclear fusion when he built a 500-million degree nuclear reactor. Provides information about how his parents supported his intellectual passions and offers advice about how parents and teachers can support gifted students whose needs are not met the educational system.
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2018., ReferencePoint Press, Inc. Call No: 333.79 HUL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Real-world STEMSummary Note: Inside the sun and all stars, atoms slam together and fuse, generating lots of energy. Here on Earth, fusion has the potential to fuel human civilization without worsening climate change or polluting the environment. But building a star on Earth is a huge engineering challenge. Scientists are working on a variety of different devices that they hope will one day provide fusion energy.
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2021., Scribner Call No: HI-INT 539.7 TUR Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "From a young, award-winning scientist, a look at one of the most compelling and historic turning points of our time-the race to harness the power of the stars and produce controlled fusion, creating a practically unlimited supply of clean energy. The most important energy-making process in the universe takes place inside stars. The ability to duplicate that process in a lab, once thought out of reach, may now be closer than we think. Today, all across the world teams of scientists are being assembled by the world's boldest entrepreneurs, big business, and governments to solve what is the most difficult technological challenge humanity has ever faced: building the equivalent of a star on earth. If their plans to capture star power are successful, they will unlock thousands, potentially millions, of years of clean, carbon-free energy. Not only would controlled nuclear fusion go a long way toward solving the climate crisis, it could help make other highly desired technological ambitions possible-like journeying to the stars. Given the rising alarm over deterioration of the environment, and the strides being made in laser and magnetic field technology, powerful momentum is gathering behind fusion and the possibilities it offers"--Provided by publisher.
