Uncle Tungsten

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. "If you did not think that gallium and iridium could move you, this superb book will change your mind". (The Times). "The amalgamation of personal recollection and scientific history makes a luminous, inspiring book". ("Sunday Telegraph"). ""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". ("Guardian").

ISBN 0330390287   Pages 352 ISBN13 9780330390286 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 367 Publisher Pan Macmillan   Published in London Imprint Picador   Height (mm) 197 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 130 Publication date 23 Aug 2002   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY 616.80092   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC21

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