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A luminous memoir of a boy finding refuge from wartime trauma in the explosive, orderly magic of chemistry. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Uncle Tungsten.
- wonder-filled
- intellectually luminous
- shadowed
- cozy
- 01
On the Move
Oliver Sacks
A deeply human, restless exploration of a brilliant mind racing to understand itself and the world.
- 02
An Anthropologist on Mars
Oliver Sacks · 1995
A deeply empathetic and wondrous exploration of the extraordinary landscapes of the human mind.
- 03
The Brain That Changes Itself
Norman Doidge
An awe-inspiring exploration of human resilience that will fundamentally change how you view your own mind's potential.
- 04
The Disappearing Spoon
Sam Kean
A delightfully quirky romp through the periodic table that reveals the eccentricities, obsessions, and scandals behind the building blocks of our universe.
- 05
Do No Harm
Marsh, Henry
A brutally honest, high-stakes meditation on the fragility of human life and the heavy burden of holding it in your hands.
- 06
The strangest man
Graham Farmelo
An illuminating journey into the brilliant, contradictory mind of one of modern science's most enigmatic figures.
- 07
The brain
David Eagleman
A mind-expanding journey into the dark, silent fortress of the skull to discover how biological matter constructs our entire reality.
- 08
Thinking in Pictures
Temple Grandin · 1995
An illuminating and deeply personal journey into a mind that processes the world through concrete imagery rather than abstract words.
- 09
Proust and the Squid
Maryanne Wolf · 2007
A lyrical, mind-expanding journey into the biological miracle that allows us to decode symbols into stories.
- 10
An unquiet mind
Kay Redfield Jamison · 1995
A fiercely articulate descent into the terrifying highs and crushing lows of a brilliant, fractured mind.
- 11
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
A delightfully witty, bite-sized tour of the cosmos that makes the mind-boggling scale of science feel like a fun conversation with a very smart friend.
- 12
The age of wonder
Holmes, Richard
A sweeping, luminous journey into the minds of the dreamers and explorers who married poetry with the scientific method.
