By midnight, he moved to the second book. While his classmates were out playing football, Anton was calculating the force needed to stop a train. He wasn't just doing homework; he was learning the secret rules of the universe.
Thirteen-year-old Anton carried them home as if they were made of glass. The first book was the theory, sleek and dense; the second was the workbook, filled with the kind of problems that looked like riddles from a different dimension. By midnight, he moved to the second book
"Force equals mass times acceleration," he said, his voice steady. "But it’s the why that matters." sleek and dense