“Uncle Tungsten” is an uneasy hybrid of memoir and science history. As a boy, Sacks fell in love, in a most precocious way, with chemistry. He was encouraged in ...

“In Uncle Tungsten, Oliver Sacks weaves together the wonders of chemistry and his boyhood experiences with grace, ease, and just the right comedic touch.

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood is a memoir by Oliver Sacks about his childhood published in 2001. The book is named after Sacks's Uncle Dave, whom Oliver nicknamed Uncle Tungsten because he was secretary of a business named Tungstalite, which made incandescent lightbulbs with a ...

“Uncle Tungsten” is an uneasy hybrid of memoir and science history. As a boy, Sacks fell in love, in a most precocious way, with chemistry. He was encouraged in ...

Uncle Tungsten radiates all the delight and wonder of a boy's adventures, and is an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young mind. GenresScience ...

Bearded and bespectacled at age sixty-eight, he has now written a memoir: Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood. Sacks is lucky to have made it to ...

13.01.2021 · One criticism you sometimes see of Uncle Tungsten is that it is beyond many people, that it requires too much background knowledge of chemistry.

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood... (Book #1 in the Oliver Sacks' memoirs Series). by Oliver Sacks. $4.89 Save $20.11! List Price: $25.00. Select ...

Summing up Sacks' Uncle Tungsten, Kirkus Reviews calls it “an artful, impassioned memoir of a youth spent lost in the blinding light of chemistry.” Sacks ...