Revisiting Marty’s Conversation with Oliver Sacks on ‘Uncle Tungsten’
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[From the Radio Times archive] In light of the passing of author and neurologist Oliver Sacks, we revisit Marty’s conversation about his book Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood. Uncle Tungsten is the nickname of Sack’s uncle who first initiated him into the mysteries of metals.
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