钨舅舅
Uncle Tungsten
Oliver Sacks · 初版 2001 年
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为什么值得读
- 回忆童年用家庭化学用具探索元素周期表之美
- 以深情且具同理心的笔触记录哥哥与精神分裂的斗争
- 将个人成长回忆与化学发展史生动结合
“从幼年起，奥利弗·萨克斯（Oliver Sacks）——这位杰出的神经病学家，同时也是我们这个时代最卓越的讲故事的人之一——便不可抗拒地被探索自然世界所吸引。他出生于一个由医生、冶金学家、化学家、物理学家和教师组成的庞大家庭，他的好奇心受到了姑姨、叔伯、父母和兄长们的鼓励与支持。但在他六岁生日后不久，第二次世界大战爆发，为了躲避轰炸，他和成千上万的孩子一样被撤离了伦敦。他被流放到一所堪比狄更斯笔下最严酷的学校，吃着
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如果你正在读那篇内容，并且是第一次接触奥利弗·萨克斯（Oliver Sacks），或者只是碰巧没读过他的书，那我能建议你买一本《钨叔叔》（Uncle Tungsten）吗？这是一部讲述在伦敦成长经历的绝妙回忆录，也是一部化学史。
If you are reading that and discovering Oliver Sacks for the first time, or just haven't read any of his books, may I recommend that you get a copy of Uncle Tungsten? It's wonderful memoir of growing up in London and a history of chemistry.
……从稍积极一点的角度来说，已故的奥利弗·萨克斯以极富同情心和人道关怀的优美文笔，描写过他哥哥与精神分裂症抗争的经历——我觉得主要是在他的“化学回忆录”《钨叔叔》（Uncle Tungsten）里。我常常希望他能就这个题材写一整本书，但我猜这对他来说有点太触及痛处了。
…somewhat more positive note, the late Oliver Sacks has written beautifully and with great sympathy and humanity about his brother's battle with schizophrenia - I think it's mainly in his "chemical memoir" Uncle Tungsten. I've often wished that he wrote a whole book on the subject but I guess it hit a little too close to home for him.
……还能运载 65,000 的有效载荷。”补充修改：每个咖啡因分子大约是 3e-25 kg，我不是化学家，但我确实很喜欢读关于化学家/化学的引人入胜的书，比如《Ignition》[1]、《PiHKAL》[2]、奥利弗·萨克斯的《钨叔叔：化学少年期的回忆》（Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood）[3]。补充修改 2：从上面我注意到 1 升液氢出乎意料地轻，只有 0.15604 kg，而 1 升液氧则相对重得多，有……
…could also carry a 65,000 payload.” Edit: that’s approximately 3e-25 kg per Caffiene molecule and I’m not a chemist, but I do enjoy captivating books about chemists/chemistry like Ignition[1], PiHKAL[2], Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks[3]. Edit 2: From above I noticed 1 litre of liquid Hydrogen is unexpectedly light at 0.15604 kg and one litre of liquid Oxygen is similarly heavier at…
《别闹了，费曼先生》（Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynmann）和《你干吗在乎别人怎么想》（What Do You Care What People Think），两部［显然］都出自理查德·费曼；奥利弗·萨克斯的《钨叔叔》（Uncle Tungsten），主要讲萨克斯的早年生活；格雷厄姆·法梅洛（Graham Farmelo）的《量子怪杰：保罗·狄拉克的隐秘人生》（The strangest man: The hidden life of Paul Dirac）；《只爱数字的人：保罗·埃尔德什的故事与对数学的追寻》（The man who loved only numbers: the story of Paul Erdos and the search for mathematical…
"Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynmann" and "What Do You Care What People Think", both [obviously] by Richard Feynmann "Uncle Tungsten" by Oliver Sacks, mostly about Sacks' early life "The strangest man: The hidden life of Paul Dirac", by Graham Farmelo "The man who loved only numbers: the story of Paul Erdos and the search for mathematical…
强烈推荐阅读奥利弗·萨克斯的《钨叔叔》（Uncle Tungsten）——讲述了他小时候用家里的化学实验套装探索并发现元素周期表之美的故事。这让我更加深刻地体会到了化学、元素周期表以及奥利弗·萨克斯本人的魅力。
Highly recommend reading Oliver Sacks' Uncle Tungsten - his tale of growing up and discovering the beauty of the periodic table with his home chemistry set. Made me appreciate chemistry and the periodic table and Oliver Sacks so much more.
……《趣味物理学》（Physics for entertainment）很有趣，有次在上班时复现里面的实验差点让我被开除；奇普和丹·希思（Chip and Dan Heath）的《让创意更有黏性》（Made to stick）；《消失的勺子》（The Dissapearing Spoon）让我对化学产生了好奇；奥利弗·萨克斯的《钨叔叔》（Uncle Tungsten）带我入坑了他后续的其他著作，将我对化学的着迷慢慢引向了医学、神经学和心理学。《社会性动物》（The Social Animal）和《影响力》（Influence）让我明白了……
…"Physics for entertainment" was fun, and repeating an experiment at work once almost got me fired - "Made to stick" by Chip and Dan Heath - "The Dissapearing Spoon" got me curious about chemistry -"Uncle Tungsten" by Oliver Sacks got me started on the rest of his books, taking my fascination in chemistry and nudging it towards medicine, neurology and psychology. - "The Social Animal" and "Influence" showed me…