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Oliver Wolf Sacks CBE FRCP (9 July 1933 – 30 August 2015) was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer. Born in London, Sacks received his medical degree in 1958 from The Queen's College, Oxford , before moving to the United States, where he spent most of his career.
Feb 12, 2024 · Dr. Oliver Sacks was a physician, best-selling author, and professor of neurology. He is the author of many books, including Musicophilia, Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Gratitude and Everything In Its Place.
Drawing inspiration from the work of best-selling author Oliver Sacks, each installment introduces listeners to a world of scientific wonder: stories of incredible resilience in the face of life-altering neurological conditions and the powers of the human brain we often take for granted.
Aug 31, 2015 · Dr. Oliver Sacks was a neurologist and best-selling author who explored the brain’s strangest pathways. His work touched Hollywood, theater, even opera, and his legacy lasts...
Oliver Sacks (born July 9, 1933, London, England—died August 30, 2015, New York, New York, U.S.) was a British neurologist and writer who won acclaim for his sympathetic case histories of patients with unusual neurological disorders.
In this tender and joyous memoir, Oliver Sacks shows us that the same energy that drives his physical passions—weightlifting and swimming—also drives his cerebral passions. READ MORE
Aug 31, 2015 · Oliver Sacks, Who Depicted Brain-Disorder Sufferers' Humanity, Dies. The prolific author–neurologist gave the world empathetic insights into disorders of the brain while also inspiring...
Sep 21, 2020 · A new documentary, Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, chronicles the late neurologist's efforts to understand perception, memory and consciousness. Sacks spoke to Fresh Air in 2012.
Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks died on Sunday, August 30, at age 82. He’d announced in February that he was in the final stages of terminal cancer, and wrote a beautiful essay in the New York Times about what that meant to him: Over the last few days, I have been able to see my life […]
Aug 30, 2015 · Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and best-selling author who explored the human brain one patient at a time, has died of cancer. He was 82. Sacks was best known for his books The Man Who Mistook His...
