Uncle Tungsten

Uncle Tungsten Memories of a Chemical Boyhood - Picador Collection

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Publisher's Synopsis

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 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.

'If you did not think that gallium and iridium could move you, this superb book will change your mind' - The Times

About the Publisher

Picador

Picador

Picador publishes outstanding international writing, fiction and non-fiction, in both hardback and paperback, and has numerous prize winners on its list. Picador has established a reputation for literary fiction with a broad commercial appeal, groundbreaking non-fiction, (particularly, reportage, literary biography and memoir) and a formidable poetry list, which has consistently won many of the major prizes.

Book information

ISBN: 9781529087444
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Picador
Pub date:
DEWEY: 509.2
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 254g
Height: 380mm
Width: 196mm
Spine width: 23mm