num_pages: 337
description: From Oliver Sacks--the distinguished neurologist and master storyteller--a personal account of a childhood, told with the charm and unexpected power of his celebrated case histories.
language: English
title: Uncle Tungsten
titlecomplete: Uncle Tungsten
genres: Chemistry, Medicine, Biography, History, Science, Autobiography, Psychology, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Memoir
ratings_count: 6440
series: Oliver Sacks' memoirs
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Picador