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Title: UNCLE TUNGSTEN
MEMORIES OF A CHEMICAL BOYHOOD
By: Oliver Sacks
Format: Paperback

List price: £10.99


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ISBN 10: 1509813691
ISBN 13: 9781509813698
Publisher: PAN MACMILLAN
Pub. date: 25 February, 2016
Edition: New Edition
Pages: 352
Description: The bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat and Musicophilia.
Synopsis: 'If you did not think that gallium and iridium could move you, this superb book will change your mind' The Times 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.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Picador
Returns: Returnable
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