My youngest son was always a precocious yet angry child. He was accepted at the Copenhagen Science Academy at the age of 9 and achieved his doctorate in dimensional physics at 12. He was never happy in school, and should have graduated much sooner, but they held him back as long as was safe, considering his political connections. After all, it was his antigravity platform that saved Copenhagen from the encroaching sea. After graduation, he wasn't allowed to work, thanks to the child labour laws of the time, so he found himself with many an empty hour to idle away in the house we gave him, tinkering with his instruments. Like any other boy, he was especially fond of his lasers and particle accelerators. My wife and I chose to live under a tent atop a raised platform outside the blast radius, which he had graciously drawn on a map for us, because he still had room in his calculating little heart for his mummy. One day, out of the blue, I found him crying like a child. He was afraid, he said, and when I asked why, he said he feared Earth was well on its way
Little Dutch boy
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My youngest son was always a precocious yet angry child. He was accepted at the Copenhagen Science Academy at the age of 9 and achieved his doctorate in dimensional physics at 12. He was never happy in school, and should have graduated much sooner, but they held him back as long as was safe, considering his political connections. After all, it was his antigravity platform that saved Copenhagen from the encroaching sea. After graduation, he wasn't allowed to work, thanks to the child...End of preview. The entire article is 1 page. To view the full-text, please rent this article to continue.
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Little Dutch boy
Crook, Jeff
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Nature Publishing Group (NPG) – Jul 21, 2010
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