Dr. Oliver Sacks is an English neurologist and well known author. His most famous book is Awakenings, which was later adapted into a film. He also wrote The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, a book that describes the cases of some of his patients with more obscure neurological disorders.
In his memoir, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Dr. Sacks writes about his childhood and his interest in chemistry. This interest was fueled in part by his Uncle Dave (Uncle Tungsten), an uncle who owned the incandescent light company Tungstalite. While the book is clearly Dr. Sacks’ memoir, for me it was more a book on the history of chemistry. I found the book to be quite readable, informative and entertaining. I would highly recommend this book to everyone, not just fans of Dr. Sacks or those interested in chemistry.
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