Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
viii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
Uncle Tungsten -- "37" -- Exile -- "An ideal metal" -- Light for the masses -- The land of Stabnite -- Chemical recreations -- Stinks and bangs -- Housecalls -- A chemical language -- Humphry Davy: a poet-chemist -- Images -- Mr. Dalton's round bits of wood -- Lines of force -- Home life -- Mendeleev's garden -- A pocket spectroscope -- Cold fire -- Ma -- Penetrating rays -- Madame Curie's element -- Cannery row -- The world set free -- Brilliant light -- The end of the affair. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 10.7 25.0 60053. |
Subject |
Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015
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Sacks, Oliver W.
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Neurologists -- England -- Biography.
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Neurology -- Personal Narratives.
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ISBN |
0375404481 |
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