Re: The Radioactive Boy Scout

2006-02-04 Thread Patrick Sweeney
I enjoyed "Bobby Fischer Goes to War." It focuses on the 1972 match with Boris Spassky in Iceland, of course, but also covers the careers & psychologies of the two chess masters, U.S.-Soviet relations, and a lot more. It skips analyzing the arcana of the chess matches except to explain a revealing

Re: The Radioactive Boy Scout

2006-02-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Patrick Sweeney wrote: Hi folks, I'm currently re-reading "The Radioactive Boy Scout" by Ken Silverstein. It's the true story of a teenager near Detroit who tried to build a breeder reactor in his back yard shed in the 1990s - the EPA eventually had to clean it up. It&#

The Radioactive Boy Scout

2006-02-04 Thread Patrick Sweeney
Hi folks, I'm currently re-reading "The Radioactive Boy Scout" by Ken Silverstein. It's the true story of a teenager near Detroit who tried to build a breeder reactor in his back yard shed in the 1990s - the EPA eventually had to clean it up. It's an interesting read