What Are The Pros And Cons Of The Radioactive Boy Book Report

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Travis Dean Sanders Life Science 5 December 15
Introduction
The Radioactive Boy Scout, written by Ken Silverstein, provides many insights into the world of science and is very informative on the topics of the Periodic Table, the breeder reactor, and the world of radioactivity. This book tells about the pros and cons of the radioactive world along with the eventful and interesting life of David Hahn.
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The Radioactive Boy Scout tells a lot about the periodic table, even if not intended, including many element’s atomic numbers, states of matter, etc. This is brought up and taught because of David’s obsession with collecting all of the elements on the periodic
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This radioactive world is filled with ups and downs, pros and cons, etc. David Hahn has had all of these things in his research, like every scientist, even though David more than likely heard about all of the dangers in science, like all of us students have, he usually threw caution to the wind and went about his experiments as if he was someone who could not be hurt or tainted. The radioactive world as a whole was more a failure and health hazard than it was anything else which is good for our generations knowing that radioactive materials are very harmful one can chose to stay away from them for the most part and make it known how dangerous these things are unlike David’s generation, which was the Atomic Craze faze some

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