Uncle Tungsten: Memories Of A Chemical Boyhood

Author: Oliver Sacks

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  • : $25.00 AUD
  • : 9780330523660
  • : Pan Macmillan
  • : Picador
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  • : 0.296
  • : May 2012
  • : 24.99
  • : December 2011
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  • : Oliver Sacks
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  • : Paperback
  • : 12-Nov
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  • : English
  • : 250
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Barcode 9780330523660
9780330523660

Description

In Uncle Tungsten 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 chemistry. There follow his years at boarding school where, though unhappy, he developed the intellectual curiosity that would shape his later life. And we hear of his return to London, an emotionally bereft ten-year-old who found solace in his passion for learning. Uncle Tungsten radiates all the delight and wonder of a boy's adventures, and is an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young mind.

Author description

Oliver Sacks is a physician and the author of many books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings (which inspired the Oscar-nominated film) and Musicophilia. Born in London and educated at Oxford, he now lives in New York City, where he is Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is the first, and only, Columbia University Artist, and is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire. For more information, visit www.oliversacks.com