'My Review Of Oliver Sacks Uncle Tungsten'
My Review of Uncle Tungsten
Uncle Tungsten, by Oliver Sacks is titled as “Memories of a Chemical Boyhood”, but it is far more than that. This story is not just a biography of a kid’s childhood, it’s focused around the influence of chemistry upon a child’s life, the discovery of the periodic table and the elements on it, and the non-chemistry part of his life. Early in the story, we learn that Oliver Sacks, the child in the story, has a family full of chemists, physicists, and doctors. As of this, he was exposed to boatloads of information about chemistry and was able to use any chemical of his choosing. He made good use of his newfound hobby, and he had acquired a home chemistry lab (fume hood and all), where he experimented with everything
Uncle Tungsten, by Oliver Sacks is titled as “Memories of a Chemical Boyhood”, but it is far more than that. This story is not just a biography of a kid’s childhood, it’s focused around the influence of chemistry upon a child’s life, the discovery of the periodic table and the elements on it, and the non-chemistry part of his life. Early in the story, we learn that Oliver Sacks, the child in the story, has a family full of chemists, physicists, and doctors. As of this, he was exposed to boatloads of information about chemistry and was able to use any chemical of his choosing. He made good use of his newfound hobby, and he had acquired a home chemistry lab (fume hood and all), where he experimented with everything