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Uncle Tungsten
- Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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Long before Oliver Sacks became a distinguished neurologist and best-selling writer, he was a small English boy fascinated by metals - also by chemical reactions (the louder and smellier the better), photography, squids and cuttlefish, H.G. Wells, and the periodic table.
In this endlessly charming and eloquent memoir, the author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awakenings chronicles his love affair with science and the magnificently odd and sometimes harrowing childhood in which that love affair unfolded.
In Uncle Tungsten we meet Sacks' extraordinary family, from his surgeon mother (who introduces the 14-year-old Oliver to the art of human dissection) and his father, a family doctor who imbues in his son an early enthusiasm for housecalls, to his "Uncle Tungsten", whose factory produces tungsten-filament lightbulbs. We follow the young Oliver as he is exiled at the age of six to a grim, sadistic boarding school to escape the London Blitz, and later watch as he sets about passionately reliving the exploits of his "chemical heroes" in his own home laboratory.
Uncle Tungsten is a crystalline view of a brilliant young mind springing to life, a story of growing up which is by turns elegiac, comic, and wistful, full of the electrifying joy of discovery.
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The Complete (Short) Guide to Absolutely Everything
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- By: Adam Rutherford, Hannah Fry
- Narrated by: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford
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Geneticist Adam Rutherford and mathematician Hannah Fry guide listeners through time and space, through our bodies and brains, showing how emotions shape our view of reality, how our minds tell us lies, and why a mostly bald and curious ape decided to begin poking at the fabric of the universe.
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Humour and understandability.
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Isaac the Alchemist
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Before Isaac Newton became the father of physics, an accomplished mathematician, or a leader of the scientific revolution, he was a boy living in an apothecary's house, observing and experimenting, recording his observations of the world in a tiny notebook. As a young genius living in a time before science as we know it existed, Isaac studied the few books he could get his hands on, built handmade machines, and experimented with alchemy.
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Excellent! Very informative and fun!
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A brilliantly original and richly illuminating exploration of entanglement, the seemingly telepathic communication between two separated particles - one of the fundamental concepts of quantum physics.
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Quite nice
- By Michael on 02-14-10
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Everything in Its Place
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From the best-selling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcase Sacks's broad range of interests - from his passion for ferns, swimming, and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring schizophrenia, dementia, and Alzheimer's.
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Missing Sacks
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By: Oliver Sacks
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Isaac Newton
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James Gleick has long been fascinated by the making of science: how ideas order visible appearances, how equations can give meaning to molecular and stellar phenomena, how theories can transform what we see. In Chaos, he chronicled the emergence of a new way of looking at dynamic systems; in Genius, he portrayed the wondrous dimensions of Richard Feymnan's mind.
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BRUTAL
- By Andrew on 05-25-05
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When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook in search of new worlds. Other voyages of discovery—astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical—swiftly follow in Richard Holmes's thrilling evocation of the second scientific revolution.
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Misleading title
- By Diane on 08-04-11
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Forces of Nature
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Professor Brian Cox uncovers some of the most extraordinary natural events on Earth and in the universe and beyond. From the immensity of the universe and the roundness of Earth to the form of every single snowflake, the forces of nature shape everything we see. Pushed to extremes, the results are astonishing. In seeking to understand the everyday world, the colours, structure, behaviour and history of our home, we develop the knowledge and techniques necessary to step beyond the everyday.
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Complicated in its simplicity
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Eye of the Beholder
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"See for yourself!" was the clarion call of the 1600s. Natural philosophers threw off the yoke of ancient authority, peered at nature with microscopes and telescopes, and ignited the scientific revolution. Artists investigated nature with lenses and created paintings filled with realistic effects of light and shadow. The hub of this optical innovation was the small Dutch city of Delft.
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Historical book about the evolution of optics through the eyes of two geniuses
- By Memi on 04-12-17
By: Laura Snyder
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Same ole Sacks--great yarns as usual.
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Absolute classic!
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I rarely stop reading a book halfway through...
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Letters
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A Leg to Stand On
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Not sure what he was trying for here
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Pandora's Lunchbox
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If a piece of individually wrapped cheese retains its shape, color, and texture for years, what does it say about the food we eat and feed our children? Former New York Times reporter and mother Melanie Warner decided to explore that question when she observed the phenomenon of the indestructible cheese. She began an investigative journey that takes her to research labs, food science departments, and factories around the country. What she discovered provides a rare, eye-opening - and sometimes disturbing - account of what we're really eating.
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Interesting.
- By Dr. Jeff McCombs, DC on 10-01-13
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A Rich Experience
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Bill Hayes came to New York City in 2009 with a one-way ticket and only the vaguest idea of how he would get by. But, at 48 years old, having spent decades in San Francisco, he craved change. Grieving over the death of his partner, he quickly discovered the profound consolations of the city's incessant rhythms, the sight of the Empire State Building against the night sky, and New Yorkers themselves, kindred souls that Hayes, a lifelong insomniac, encountered on late-night strolls with his camera.
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Touching and Intimate Portrait
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The Brits Pull No Punches On Fake Medicine!!
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The Disappearing Spoon
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Reporter Sam Kean reveals the periodic table as it’s never been seen before. Not only is it one of man's crowning scientific achievements, it's also a treasure trove of stories of passion, adventure, betrayal, and obsession. The infectious tales and astounding details in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them.
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- Jeramy
- 03-27-17
great ideas to encourage scientific curiosity
This book will inspire young minds to have scientific curiosity and teach you a lot about the chemical elements that make up everything around us.
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- Timothy
- 11-26-12
Interesting background for fans of Oliver Sacks.
Any additional comments?
Sacks discusses science and the history of science with the same enthusiasm that he had as a child, while sharing some biographical details that illuminate his subsequent career as a neurologist and observer of human perception.
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- BW724
- 10-18-18
A OK
There's really no story here, but it's still a fun listen if you're into chemistry and biographies. Narration was pretty good.
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- webmercator
- 09-02-13
A childhood of science
Would you consider the audio edition of Uncle Tungsten to be better than the print version?
I don't know.
What other book might you compare Uncle Tungsten to and why?
The Disappearing Spoon, which tells the story of the formation of Mendeleev's periodic table of the elements.
Which scene was your favorite?
I enjoyed the scene where he nearly asphyxiated himself by mixing chemicals in his bedroom as a child. Any modern parent would surly take away all the chemicals. Sacks' parents promptly put him up in safer quarters and encouraged his experimentation. Surely he is a genius but this was a genius in parenting and trusting an obviously bright and driven child.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No, I enjoyed breaking it into parts as I drove to work each day.
Any additional comments?
None.
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- Claudia
- 01-27-16
Always a pleasure to read about Oliver Sacks
I've never thought a book with a heavy chemistry information load could prove to be as inspiring. I found myself remembering my own childhood and encounters with chemistry. After reading Sacks most recent memoir, this fills the gap beautifully
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- Stephen Rooney
- 11-29-20
Boyish love of science
As and engineer, I wanted something to reignite my passion for science. This was it.
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- tug
- 03-31-22
Great book
Excellent book!!
If you like Chemistry you will love this book.
Lovely story telling of an educated man through an important historic time of the 20th century.
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- marcus
- 09-02-14
History of chemistry and Dr. Sack's early life.
If you want to get a kid interested in chemistry, this is not the book. If you know chemistry it's a snore. If you are interested in Dr. Sack's family (Jewish, Indian, British), he could write a more thorough autobiography.
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- Dayle
- 12-11-12
Fascinating
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If I had a wish to come true of meeting a living person to spend an hour with, I think It would be Oliver Sacks. Whole-brained thinker and creative as well as scientific and always wide open senses. Great book. Fascinating life as well as person.
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- Ryan
- 04-22-15
Excellent
Though I am quite sure that lichen is always pronounced like-n, and nowhere lich-en.
Still, I will listen to this more than one more time, and suggest it to many others.
Thank you for an excellent rendition of an excellent book.
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