Uncle Tungsten memories of a chemical boyhood

Title Uncle Tungsten memories of a chemical boyhood
Names Sacks, Oliver W.
Book Number DB053751
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Book
Annotation Neurologist and author of such bestselling books as Awakenings (DB 33438) recalls his childhood during World War II in London and at boarding school. Explains how his fascination with science was fostered by his large family, especially his uncle, who manufactured lightbulbs with tungsten wire filaments. 2001.
Language English
Local Subject Biography - BIO
Medicine & Health - 610
Medicine - Diseases - 616
LC Subject Neurologists - England - Biography
Audience Notes Male narrator. NLS/BPH
Publication Info 2015
Original Publication Recorded from: 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. 0375404481
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