My mother showed me that when tin or zinc.... : Quote by Oliver Sacks

“ My mother showed me that when tin or zinc was bent it uttered a special ‘cry’. ‘It’s due to deformation of the crystal structure,’ she said, forgetting that I was five, and could not understand her - and yet her words fascinated me, made me want to know more. ”

Oliver Sacks
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