What I'm reading ...

I have started Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks. It was time for some non-fiction and this was recommended by a friend with similar interests to myself. A combination of autobiography and science sounds right up my street. Here’s the blurb:

In Uncle Tungsten Sacks evokes, with warmth and wit, his upbringing in wartime England. He tells of the large science-steeped family who fostered his early fascination with chemistry. There follow his years at boarding school where, though unhappy, he developed the intellectual curiosity that would shape his later life. And we hear of his return to London, an emotionally bereft ten-year-old who found solace in his passion for learning. Uncle Tungsten radiates all the delight and wonder of a boy’s adventures, and is an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young mind.