Uncle Tungsten
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood is a memoir by Oliver Sacks about his childhood published in 2001. The book is named for Sacks's Uncle Dave, owner of a business named Tungstalite, which made incandescent lightbulbs with a tungsten filament, whom Oliver nicknamed Uncle Tungsten. Uncle Tungsten was fascinated with tungsten and believed it was the metal of the future.
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Uncle Tungsten
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood is a memoir by Oliver Sacks about his childhood published in 2001. The book is named for Sacks's Uncle Dave, owner of a business named Tungstalite, which made incandescent lightbulbs with a tungsten filament, whom Oliver nicknamed Uncle Tungsten. Uncle Tungsten was fascinated with tungsten and believed it was the metal of the future.
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Zio Tungsteno è l'autobiografi ...... er la sua infanzia da chimico.
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《鎢絲舅舅--少年奧立佛．薩克斯的化學愛戀》（英语：Uncl ...... 的点点滴滴，例如水晶宫的火灾及在家里实验室搞摄影化学的故事。
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『タングステンおじさん - 化学と過ごした私の少年時代』 U ...... たちの事跡をとりまぜて、化学の魅力をつづったエッセイである。
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616.8/092 B 21
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0-375-40448-1
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RC339.52.S23 A3 2001
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Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a ...... t was the metal of the future.
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Zio Tungsteno è l'autobiografi ...... er la sua infanzia da chimico.
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《鎢絲舅舅--少年奧立佛．薩克斯的化學愛戀》（英语：Uncl ...... 的点点滴滴，例如水晶宫的火灾及在家里实验室搞摄影化学的故事。
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『タングステンおじさん - 化学と過ごした私の少年時代』 U ...... たちの事跡をとりまぜて、化学の魅力をつづったエッセイである。
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Uncle Tungsten
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Zio Tungsteno - Ricordi di un'infanzia chimica
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タングステンおじさん
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鎢絲舅舅
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Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
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