Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-02-22
Books mentioned on The Story of the Nuclear Boy Scout
David Hahn was a kid who was really into science. So much that he built a nuclear reactor in his mother's potting shed.
Josh Clark recommended The Radioactive Boy Scout by Ken Silverstein, and discussed The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments by Robert Brent.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Radioactive Boy Scout
Recommended“if it hadn't been found uh by a gentleman named Ken Silverstein who ended up writing a very large piece in Harper's magazine and then a book called The radioactive Boy Scout colon the true story of a boy in his backyard nuclear reactor”
Where to get it
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The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments
Discussed“he gave uh Little David a book called The Golden Book of chemistry experiments and Little David was fascinated with uh science and chemistry but in particular with uh the stories of uh Mary and Pierre curri and their radium Discovery and the glow”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Animal Farm
“too many decades ago to admit but my reading teacher was also the social studies teacher and I guess that explains where all of our reading lists included Animal Farm Hiroshima All Quiet on the Western Front and you know it The Jungle by Upton Sinclair”
Passing All Quiet on the Western Front
“too many decades ago to admit but my reading teacher was also the social studies teacher and I guess that explains where all of our reading lists included Animal Farm Hiroshima All Quiet on the Western Front and you know it The Jungle by Upton Sinclair”
Passing The Jungle
“too many decades ago to admit but my reading teacher was also the social studies teacher and I guess that explains where all of our reading lists included Animal Farm Hiroshima All Quiet on the Western Front and you know it The Jungle by Upton Sinclair”
Passing Hiroshima
“too many decades ago to admit but my reading teacher was also the social studies teacher and I guess that explains where all of our reading lists included Animal Farm Hiroshima All Quiet on the Western Front and you know it The Jungle by Upton Sinclair”
Passing Animal Farm
“But my reading teacher was also the social studies teacher, and I guess that explains why all of our reading lists included Animal Farm, Hiroshima, All Quiet on the Western Front, and you know it. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a powerful book.”
Passing All Quiet on the Western Front
“But my reading teacher was also the social studies teacher, and I guess that explains why all of our reading lists included Animal Farm, Hiroshima, All Quiet on the Western Front, and you know it. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a powerful book.”
Passing The Jungle
“But my reading teacher was also the social studies teacher, and I guess that explains why all of our reading lists included Animal Farm, Hiroshima, All Quiet on the Western Front, and you know it. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a powerful book.”