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Onkel Wolfram. Erinnerungen im Überblick

Mit Onkel Wolfram. Erinnerungen liegt ein Buch von Oliver Sacks vor, das der Kategorie Sachbuch zugeordnet wird und sich für alle eignet, die gezielt nach Literatur mit diesem Schwerpunkt suchen. Memories of a Chemical Boyhood fungiert als präzisierende Ergänzung zu Onkel Wolfram. Erinnerungen und macht die Zielsetzung des Buches schneller erfassbar. Onkel Wolfram. Erinnerungen wird in der Beschreibung wie folgt charakterisiert: From his earliest days, Oliver Sacks - the distinguished neurologist who is also one of the most remarkable storytellers of our time - was irresistibly drawn to understanding the natural world. Born into a large family of doctors, metallurgists, chemists, physicists, and teachers, his curiosity was encouraged and abetted by aunts, uncles, parents, and older brothers. But soon after his sixth birthday, the Second World War broke out and he was evacuated from London - as were hundreds of thousands of children - to escape the bombing. Exiled to a school that rivaled Dickens's grimmest, fed on a steady diet of turnips and beetroots, tormented by a sadistic headmaster, and allowed home only once in four years, he felt desolate and abandoned.". "When he returned to London in 1943 at the age of ten, he was a changed, withdrawn boy, one who desperately needed order to make sense of his life. He was sustained by his secret passions: for numbers, for metals, and for finding patterns in the world around him. Under the tutelage of his "chemical" uncle, Uncle Tungsten, Sacks began to experiment with "the stinks and bangs that almost define a first entry into chemistry": tossing sodium off a bridge to see it take fire in the water below; producing billowing clouds of noxious smelling chemicals in his home lab. As his interests spread to investigations of batteries and bulbs, vacuum tubes and photography, he discovered his first great scientific heroes - men and women whose genius lay in understanding the hidden order of things and disclosing the forces that sustain and support the tangible world. There was Humphry Davy, the boyish chemist who delighted in sending flaming globules of metal shooting across his lab; Marie Curie, whose heroic efforts in isolating radium would ultimately lead to the unlocking of the secrets of the atom; and Dmitri Mendeleev, inventor of the periodic table, whose pursuit of the classification of elements unfolds like a detective story.". "Uncle Tungsten evokes a time when virtual reality had not yet displaced a hands-on knowledge of the world. It draws us into a journey of discovery that reveals, through the enchantment and wonder of a childhood passion, the birth of an extraordinary and original mind."--BOOK JACKET

Relevante Merkmale auf einen Blick

Gerade wer nach Werken von Oliver Sacks sucht, sollte Onkel Wolfram. Erinnerungen näher betrachten. Das hinterlegte Publikationsdatum 2002 unterstützt dabei, Onkel Wolfram. Erinnerungen zeitlich korrekt zu klassifizieren. Dass Onkel Wolfram. Erinnerungen in Deutsch erschienen ist, erleichtert die gezielte Auswahl für sprachspezifische Recherchen. Durch die Zuordnung zur Kategorie Sachbuch wird Onkel Wolfram. Erinnerungen auch für thematische Recherchen besonders relevant.

Worum geht es in Onkel Wolfram. Erinnerungen?

Im thematischen Kontext von Sachbuch setzt Onkel Wolfram. Erinnerungen laut Beschreibung auf folgende Schwerpunkte: From his earliest days, Oliver Sacks - the distinguished neurologist who is also one of the most remarkable storytellers of our time - was irresistibly drawn to understanding the natural world. Born into a large family of doctors, metallurgists, chemists, physicists, and teachers, his curiosity was encouraged and abetted by aunts, uncles, parents, and older brothers. But soon after his sixth birthday, the Second World War broke out and he was evacuated from London - as were hundreds of thousands of children - to escape the bombing. Exiled to a school that rivaled Dickens's grimmest, fed on a steady diet of turnips and beetroots, tormented by a sadistic headmaster, and allowed home only once in four years, he felt desolate and abandoned.". "When he returned to London in 1943 at the age of ten, he was a changed, withdrawn boy, one who desperately needed order to make sense of his life. He was sustained by his secret passions: for numbers, for metals, and for finding patterns in the world around him. Under the tutelage of his "chemical" uncle, Uncle Tungsten, Sacks began to experiment with "the stinks and bangs that almost define a first entry into chemistry": tossing sodium off a bridge to see it take fire in the water below; producing billowing clouds of noxious smelling chemicals in his home lab. As his interests spread to investigations of batteries and bulbs, vacuum tubes and photography, he discovered his first great scientific heroes - men and women whose genius lay in understanding the hidden order of things and disclosing the forces that sustain and support the tangible world. There was Humphry Davy, the boyish chemist who delighted in sending flaming globules of metal shooting across his lab; Marie Curie, whose heroic efforts in isolating radium would ultimately lead to the unlocking of the secrets of the atom; and Dmitri Mendeleev, inventor of the periodic table, whose pursuit of the classification of elements unfolds like a detective story.". "Uncle Tungsten evokes a time when virtual reality had not yet displaced a hands-on knowledge of the world. It draws us into a journey of discovery that reveals, through the enchantment and wonder of a childhood passion, the birth of an extraordinary and original mind."--BOOK JACKET Für die thematische Suche und semantische Zuordnung sind insbesondere diese Tags relevant: Biography, Psychology, Childhood and youth, Chemistry, Knowledge, Biographies, Scientists, Scientists, biography, Large type books, Neurology, Great britain, biography, Neurologists, Neurologists, biography, Chemical warfare, Enfance et jeunesse, Neurologues, Et la chimie

Ausgabe, Identifikatoren und Referenzen

Für die eindeutige Identifikation der Ausgabe sind sowohl die ISBN-10 3498063529 als auch die ISBN-13 9783498063528 hinterlegt. Die Open-Library-Zuordnung über OL277258W und OL9047864M, OL9049209M verbessert die externe Nachvollziehbarkeit des Werkes. Auch physisch ist die Ausgabe klar beschrieben: Format hard, Gewicht 1.3 pounds und Abmessungen 8.6 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches.

Wichtige Buchdaten im Überblick

1. Schlagwörter: Biography, Psychology, Childhood and youth, Chemistry, Knowledge, Biographies, Scientists, Scientists, biography, Large type books, Neurology, Great britain, biography, Neurologists, Neurologists, biography, Chemical warfare, Enfance et jeunesse, Neurologues, Et la chimie
2. Gewicht: 1.3 pounds
3. Sprache: Deutsch
4. Internationale Standardbuchnummer (ISBN-10): 3498063529
5. Open-Library-Work-ID: OL277258W
6. Untertitel: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
7. Ausgabeform: hard
8. Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
9. Maße der Ausgabe: 8.6 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
10. Externe Editionsreferenzen: OL9047864M, OL9049209M
11. Titel: Onkel Wolfram. Erinnerungen
12. Autor beziehungsweise Autoren: Oliver Sacks
13. Verlag: Rowohlt, Reinbek
14. ISBN-13: 9783498063528
15. Thematische Hauptkategorie: Sachbuch
16. Kurzbeschreibung: From his earliest days, Oliver Sacks - the distinguished neurologist who is also one of the most remarkable storytellers of our time - was irresistibly drawn to understanding the natural world. Born into a large family of doctors, metallurgists, chemists, physicists, and teachers, his curiosity was encouraged and abetted by aunts, uncles, parents, and older brothers. But soon after his sixth birthday, the Second World War broke out and he was evacuated from London - as were hundreds of thousands of children - to escape the bombing. Exiled to a school that rivaled Dickens's grimmest, fed on a steady diet of turnips and beetroots, tormented by a sadistic headmaster, and allowed home only once in four years, he felt desolate and abandoned.". "When he returned to London in 1943 at the age of ten, he was a changed, withdrawn boy, one who desperately needed order to make sense of his life. He was sustained by his secret passions: for numbers, for metals, and for finding patterns in the world around him. Under the tutelage of his "chemical" uncle, Uncle Tungsten, Sacks began to experiment with "the stinks and bangs that almost define a first entry into chemistry": tossing sodium off a bridge to see it take fire in the water below; producing billowing clouds of noxious smelling chemicals in his home lab. As his interests spread to investigations of batteries and bulbs, vacuum tubes and photography, he discovered his first great scientific heroes - men and women whose genius lay in understanding the hidden order of things and disclosing the forces that sustain and support the tangible world. There was Humphry Davy, the boyish chemist who delighted in sending flaming globules of metal shooting across his lab; Marie Curie, whose heroic efforts in isolating radium would ultimately lead to the unlocking of the secrets of the atom; and Dmitri Mendeleev, inventor of the periodic table, whose pursuit of the classification of elements unfolds like a detective story.". "Uncle Tungsten evokes a time when virtual reality had not yet displaced a hands-on knowledge of the world. It draws us into a journey of discovery that reveals, through the enchantment and wonder of a childhood passion, the birth of an extraordinary and original mind."--BOOK JACKET

Relevanz für Suche und Einordnung

Durch die Kombination aus Titel, Autorenschaft, Kategorie und Schlagwörtern - also Onkel Wolfram. Erinnerungen, Oliver Sacks, Sachbuch und Biography, Psychology, Childhood and youth, Chemistry, Knowledge, Biographies, Scientists, Scientists, biography, Large type books, Neurology, Great britain, biography, Neurologists, Neurologists, biography, Chemical warfare, Enfance et jeunesse, Neurologues, Et la chimie - ist der Datensatz sowohl für Suchmaschinen als auch für Nutzerinnen und Nutzer sehr gut interpretierbar. Mit ISBN-10, ISBN-13 und Work-ID - 3498063529, 9783498063528 und OL277258W - lässt sich diese Ausgabe plattformübergreifend eindeutig verknüpfen.

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