Charlotte Moore

Toxic fun with Mum and Dad

In The Boy Who Played with Fusion, Tom Clynes tells the extraordinary story of Taylor Wilson, the science genius who built a working nuclear fusion reactor aged 14

issue 04 July 2015

  • The Boy who Played with Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting and How to Make a Star

    Tom Clynes

    Faber, pp. 320

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