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Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks
$19.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Long before Oliver Sacks became a distinguished neurologist and bestselling writer, he was a small English boy fascinated by metals-also by chemical reactions (the louder and smellier the better), photography, squids and cuttlefish, H.G. Wells, and the periodic table. In this endlessly charming and eloq ...Show more
Uncle Tungsten - Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks
$25.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas | Series: Picador Collection
Uncle Tungsten radiates all the delight and wonder of a boy's adventures, and is an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young mind.Oliver Sacks evokes, with warmth and wit, his upbringing in wartime England. He tells of the large science-steeped family who fostered his early fascination with chem ...Show more