Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
by Oliver Sacks
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0676972616
- ISBN 13
- 9780676972610
- Seller
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Random House of Canada, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. pp 337, ""Oliver 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…
Synopsis
Oliver Sacks is the author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and many other books, for which he has received numerous awards, including the Hawthornden Prize, a Polk Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and lives in New York City, where he is a practicing neurologist.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Edmonton Book Store (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 305263
- Title
- Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
- Author
- Oliver Sacks
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0676972616
- ISBN 13
- 9780676972610
- Publisher
- Random House of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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- First Edition
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