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Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

Categorie	Engels
Boeknummer	#384263-UE10
Titel	Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
Auteur	Sacks, Oliver W.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Picador
Jaar van uitgave	2001
ISBN10	0330390279
ISBN13	9780330390279
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	In Uncle Tungsten, Oliver Sacks turns his trained analytical eye on a startling new subject - himself This memoir from Oliver Sacks is both a departure from and an enhancement of his previous psychologically orientated 'medical' writing. Not only is it a beautifully written account of an English childhood - seasoned by a childish passion for science - but it is told from the intimate and revelatory perspective of one of the most important and humane writers on psychology alive today Oliver Sacks has the literary artistry of WH Auden and the intellectual rigour and questioning mind of Stephen Jay Gould. The world authority in his field, this is a remarkable insight into the mind and background of one of the finest and most accessible scientists today. Case history as literature, in the most... (Lees verder) personal, delightful and fascinating way possible.
Pagina's	337
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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