- Title:
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Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood (MP3)
- Written by:
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Oliver Sacks
- Read by:
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Jonathan Davis
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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10 hours 44 minutes
- MP3 size:
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443 MB
- Published:
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August 01 2019
- Available Date:
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August 01 2019
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781529011517
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Memoirs; Science & Technology
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan audio
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Price
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#1 bestselling author
The inspiring childhood memoirs of legendary scientist Oliver Sacks.
In Uncle Tungsten, 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 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.
‘If you did not think that gallium and iridium could move you, this superb book will change your mind.'
The Times
'This book is both a heartwarming account of a delightful, eccentric family life and an inspiring record of a remarkable intellectual odyssey.'
The Mail on Sunday
'Uncle Tungsten is really about the raw joy of scientific understanding; what it is like to be a precocious child discovering the alchemical secrets of reality for the first time: the sheer thrill of finding intelligible patterns in nature.'
The Guardian