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Uncle Tungsten : memories of a chemical boyhood
Sacks, Oliver W.
Adult Nonfiction 921 Sa111
| Contents | Page |
|---|
| 1. - Uncle Tungsten | p. 3 |
| 2. - "37" | p. 11 |
| 3. - Exile | p. 19 |
| 4. - "An Ideal Metal" | p. 32 |
| 5. - Light for the Masses | p. 46 |
| 6. - The Land of Stibnite | p. 54 |
| 7. - Chemical Recreations | p. 67 |
| 8. - Stinks and Bangs | p. 77 |
| 9. - Housecalls | p. 91 |
| 10. - A Chemical Language | p. 101 |
| 11. - Humphry Davy: A Poet-Chemist | p. 117 |
| 12. - Images | p. 132 |
| 13. - Mr. Dalton's Round Bits of Wood | p. 147 |
| 14. - Lines of Force | p. 156 |
| 15. - Home Life | p. 170 |
| 16. - Mendeleev's Garden | p. 187 |
| 17. - A Pocket Spectroscope | p. 212 |
| 18. - Cold Fire | p. 221 |
| 19. - Ma | p. 233 |
| 20. - Penetrating Rays | p. 244 |
| 21. - Madame Curie's Element | p. 254 |
| 22. - Cannery Row | p. 268 |
| 23. - The World Set Free | p. 281 |
| 24. - Brilliant Light | p. 293 |
| 25. - The End of the Affair | p. 309 |
| Afterword | p. 315 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 319 |
| Index | p. 321 |
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