Uncle Tungsten : Memories of a Chemical Boyhood Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Preis der Jugendjury (2015) a Greek goddess

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Uncle Tungsten : Memories of a Chemical Boyhood Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Preis der Jugendjury (2015) a Greek goddessOliver Sacks's luminous memoir charts the growth of a mind. Born in 1933 into a family of formidably intelligent London Jews, he discovered the wonders of the physical sciences early from his parents and their flock of brilliant siblings, most notably "Uncle Tungsten" (real name, Dave), who "manufactured lightbulbs with filaments of fine tungsten wire." Metals were the substances that first attracted young Oliver, and his descriptions of their colors,