Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood - by Oliver Sacks

This was an excellent example of a book that can be judged by the cover. A good mix of autobiography, where the author talks about life in a Jewish family in London in the 1940s, and science, where, even though I feel that I am quite well informed, I learned lots of interesting details. Overall, an excellent read. I look forward to getting the next volume of his autobiography, which, sadly, appears to be as far as he got before his death.