Uncle Tungsten
Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
(Sprache: Englisch)
From Oliver Sacks, distinguished neurologist and master storyteller, comes a magical account of childhood, told with the charm and power of his celebrated case histories.
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From Oliver Sacks, distinguished neurologist and master storyteller, comes a magical account of childhood, told with the charm and power of his celebrated case histories.
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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
Autoren-Porträt von Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks, geb. am 9. Juli 1933 in London, gest. am 30. August 2015 in New York City, war Neurologe und wurde in der Öffentlichkeit vor allem als Sachbuchautor bekannt. Seine Bücher wie 'Der Mann, der seine Frau mit einem Hut verwechselte' oder 'Der Tag, an dem mein Bein fortging' erreichten ein Millionenpublikum. Über seine bahnbrechende Forschung zur Schlafkrankheit, die er in dem Buch 'Zeit des Erwachens' schildert, wurde der gleichnamige Hollywoodfilm gedreht.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Oliver Sacks
- 2010, New Edit/Cover, 352 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 13 x 2,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Picador
- ISBN-10: 0330390287
- ISBN-13: 9780330390286
Sprache:
Englisch
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