Growing Up Among the Elements
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
by Oliver Sacks
November 1, 2001 issue
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M. F. Perutz (1914–2002) was an Austrian molecular biologist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1962. He is the author of Is Science Necessary?, Protein Structure, and I Wish I’d Made You Angry Earlier.
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