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Author Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015

Title Uncle Tungsten : memories of a chemical boyhood / Oliver Sacks.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 SACKS    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B SACKS, OLIVER    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  B SACKS    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B SACKS, OLIVER    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  616.8 SAC    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B SACKS, OLIVER    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B SACKS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 SACKS, OLI    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  BIOG SACKS, OLIVER    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Biographies  B SACKS    Check Shelf

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
Sacks, Oliver W.
Neurologists -- England -- Biography.
Neurology -- Personal Narratives.
ISBN 0375404481
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