Click here to view the full size periodic table as it appears in
the pages of Uncle Tungsten.
Watch and hear Oliver Sacks discuss his childhood fascination with the Periodic Table.
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You can
click below each tile of the below details from the periodic table to
watch and listen to Oliver Sacks tells stories about and demonstrate
certain properties of the elements he has chosen for discussion on his
author desktop. The first detail is just to show you what the various
numbers and letters mean in each tile. But each of the below, from
tungsten to sodium, will yield surprise and wonder. Oliver Sacks and
Knopf invite you to watch and learn. If you do not have one of the
video players needed to view the clips, you can select from the
following players and download them for free:
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Gallium Clip 1
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Uranium Clip 1
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Uranium Clip 2
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Uranium Clip 3
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Uranium Clip 4
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Sodium Clip 1
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Sodium Clip 2
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Tungsten Clip 1
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Tungsten Clip 2
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Tungsten Clip 3
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Tungsten Clip 4
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Tungsten Clip 5
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Tungsten Clip 6
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