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Uncle Tungsten

Oliver Sacks info

First published 2001

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About this book

A boyhood falling in love with chemistry.

The author

Oliver Sacks

1933–2015 · British neurologist and writer

  • Professor at Columbia
  • Professor at NYU
Profession
Physician, Chemist, Professor
Worked at
NYU, Columbia, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, University of Warwick
Studied at
Oxford
Prizes
Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2013), Hawthornden Prize (1974), Oskar Pfister Award (1988), George Polk Award (1993), Lewis Thomas Prize (2001), Bodley Medal (2003), Emperor Has No Clothes Award (2005)

Turned his patients' stories into bestsellers like Awakenings.

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Editions

24 editions · 4 hardcover, 7 paperback · 4 languages

First published 2001

Earliest edition listed: 2001 · Knopf

  • 2001 · Knopf · ISBN 9780330396356
  • 2001 · Macmillan Publishers Limited · ISBN 9780330409865
  • 2001 · Knopf Canada · Hardcover · ISBN 9780676972610
  • 2001 · Alfred A. Knopf · 1st ed. · ISBN 9780375404481
  • 2001 · A.A. Knopf · 1st ed. · ISBN 9780676972610
  • 2001 · Picador · Hardcover · ISBN 9780330390279
  • 2001 · Knopf · ISBN 9780375404481
  • 2002 · Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · ISBN 9780606286688
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  • 2002 · Rowohlt, Reinbek · Hardcover · German · ISBN 9783498063528
  • 2002 · Vintage Canada · ISBN 9780676975376
  • 2002 · Picador · Paperback · ISBN 9780330490887
  • 2002 · Tandem Library · ISBN 9780613708715
  • 2002 · Thorndike Press · Hardcover · ISBN 9780786241484
  • 2002 · Vintage · ISBN 9780375704048
  • 2002 · Picador · Paperback · New Ed edition · ISBN 9780330390286
  • 2003 · ISIS PUBLISHING · Paperback · ISBN 9780753197677
  • 2003 · Seuil · Paperback · French · ISBN 9782020526883
  • 2003 · Rowohlt Tb. · Paperback · German · ISBN 9783499615344
  • 2009 · Maḥbarot le-sifrut · Hebrew
  • 2011 · Picador USA · Paperback · ISBN 9780330523660
  • 2015 · Yapi Kredi Yayinlari · Paperback · ISBN 9789750808166
  • 2016 · Pan Macmillan · ISBN 9781509813698
  • 2023 · Pan Macmillan · ISBN 9781529087444
  • Audio Cd · ISBN 9781529011517

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Subjects

Chemistry