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Uncle Tungsten

Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

Author: Oliver Sacks

Read by: Jonathan Davis

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Format
Digital Audiobook

Duration
10:43.40

Published: 12th July 2018

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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