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Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
by Sacks, Oliver
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0330396358
- ISBN 13
- 9780330396356
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Picador, London, 2001. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Second impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 337 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Oliver Sacks weaves together the wonders of chemistry with his boyhood experiences in a series of tales at once captivating and charming. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; United States; 20th century; Science & Technology. ISBN: 0330396358. ISBN/EAN: 9780330396356. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8656. . 9780330396356
Synopsis
Oliver Sacks is the author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and many other books, for which he has received numerous awards, including the Hawthornden Prize, a Polk Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and lives in New York City, where he is a practicing neurologist.
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8656
- Title
- Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
- Author
- Sacks, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0330396358
- ISBN 13
- 9780330396356
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- BZDB137 Sacks, Oliver W, Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015, Neurologists, Sacks, Oliver W, Neurologists, Scientists, Neurologists Biography & Autobiography; United States; 20th century; Science & Technology. ISBN: 0330396358 EAN: 9780330396356 Sacks, Oli
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- Octavo
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