physicsmajor:

Meet the youngest person on Earth to achieve nuclear fusion

Taylor Wilson built his first bomb when he was 10 years old. Four years later, he became the thirty-second person on Earth to ever build a working nuclear fusion reactor.

“I would say someone like [Taylor] comes along maybe once in a generation,” says Kristina Johnson, who, when she met Taylor, was serving as the Under Secretary of Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. “He’s not just smart; he’s cool and articulate. I think he may be the most amazing kid I’ve ever met.”

And after reading this incredible profile on Taylor, penned by Popular Science’s Tom Clynes, we’re inclined to agree — though calling Taylor “smart” may just be the understatement of the century.

Continue Reading

(via expose-the-light)

Source: physicsmajor

461 Notes/ Hide

  1. thefalseace reblogged this from physicsmajor
  2. intenselyclever reblogged this from scinerds
  3. penguinsstealingsanity reblogged this from 14-billion-years-later
  4. itseasiertobesomebodyelse reblogged this from crownedrose
  5. theprivatelifeofsherlockholmes reblogged this from watchingthenightsky
  6. watchingthenightsky reblogged this from scinerds
  7. therandompeach reblogged this from agentizzy353
  8. agentizzy353 reblogged this from justjace
  9. justjace reblogged this from 14-billion-years-later
  10. fatcatsloveskrillex reblogged this from physicsmajor
  11. siri-deluna reblogged this from shychemist
  12. petercoffin reblogged this from astrowebs and added:
    This 16 year old dude has achieved nuclear fusion.
  13. scienceizzfun reblogged this from physicsmajor
  14. wwwanderlust reblogged this from mattmeetstheinternet
  15. ashleynicole999 reblogged this from physicsmajor
  16. abelii reblogged this from 14-billion-years-later
  17. hisamusingworld reblogged this from intranaut
  18. futuredaniel reblogged this from expose-the-light
  19. sebasbru reblogged this from eggznrice
  20. 4rd3n7 reblogged this from physicsmajor
  21. reflecting-optimism reblogged this from weoverdoseonconfidence and added:
    Perhaps I can borrow his brain for the semester?
  22. flutterjedi reblogged this from metalpanda
  23. metalpanda reblogged this from haileyeliah
  24. haileyeliah reblogged this from the11thdoctor
  25. wangfired reblogged this from the11thdoctor
  26. thesoundofcrazies reblogged this from the11thdoctor
  27. weoverdoseonconfidence reblogged this from the11thdoctor
  28. the11thdoctor reblogged this from angelofthetimelord
  29. kaylovin reblogged this from scinerds
  30. lurkstudio reblogged this from shamefullyinspired
  31. lordnikonwannabe reblogged this from shamefullyinspired