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If you did not think that gallium and iridium could move you, this superb book will change your mind. The Times
In Uncle Tungsten Sacks evokes, with warmth and wit, his upbringing in wartime England. He tells of the large science-steeped family who fostered his early fascination with chemistry. There follow his years at boarding school where, though unhappy, he developed the intellectual curiosity that would shape his later life. And we hear of his return to London, an emotionally bereft ten-year-old who found solace in his passion for learning. Uncle Tungsten radiates all the delight and wonder of a boy’s adventures, and is an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young mind.
PRAISE FOR UNCLE TUNGSTEN
The amalgamation of personal recollection and scientific history makes a luminous, inspiring book Sunday Telegraph
Uncle Tungsten is really about the raw joy of scientific understanding; what it is like to be a precocious child discovering the alchemical secrets of reality for the first time: the sheer thrill of finding intelligible patterns in nature Guardian
This book is both a heartwarming account of a delightful, eccentric family life and an inspiring record of a remarkable intellectual odyssey Mail on Sunday
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If you did not think that gallium and iridium could move you, this superb book will change your mind. The Times
In Uncle Tungsten Sacks evokes, with warmth and wit, his upbringing in wartime England. He tells of the large science-steeped family who fostered his early fascination with chemistry. There follow his years at boarding school where, though unhappy, he developed the intellectual curiosity that would shape his later life. And we hear of his return to London, an emotionally bereft ten-year-old who found solace in his passion for learning. Uncle Tungsten radiates all the delight and wonder of a boy’s adventures, and is an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young mind.
PRAISE FOR UNCLE TUNGSTEN
The amalgamation of personal recollection and scientific history makes a luminous, inspiring book Sunday Telegraph
Uncle Tungsten is really about the raw joy of scientific understanding; what it is like to be a precocious child discovering the alchemical secrets of reality for the first time: the sheer thrill of finding intelligible patterns in nature Guardian
This book is both a heartwarming account of a delightful, eccentric family life and an inspiring record of a remarkable intellectual odyssey Mail on Sunday
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