In Print / On the Web
Discover Magazine Jan 08 Issue: Your Brain on Music, Magnets, and Meth
SEED Magazine October 07 Issue, “The Listener” pp-68-73.
A very good profile of Dr. Sacks written by Jonah Lehrer. Now available online.
Powell’s Author Interviews: Tales of Oliver Sacks and the Brain
Oliver Sacks on Earworms, Stevie Wonder and the View From Mescaline Mountain:
WIRED interview by Steve Silberman with an additional feature on Dr. Sacks’ playlist.
New York Times: Take Five, and Call Me
Oliver Sacks Joins Columbia Faculty as ‘Artist’: from the NY Times.
Awakening Awareness – A feature from the October 20th, 2005 edition of the National Post.
Wired – A lengthy profile in the April 2002 issue.
Fathom.com — Dr. Sacks discusses Uncle Tungsten and other memories from his chemical boyhood. This site includes video clips of Dr. Sacks’ presentation at Columbia University.
The New York Times Archives -Periodic Tables and Family Tree Help Forge a Scientist’s Lineage–A Conversation with Oliver Sacks
Business Week -Dr. Sacks speaks about Uncle Tungsten, London during WWII, and New York City post-Septermber 11th.
Economist.com–Uncle Tungsten
Dr. Sacks’ Visit with Theodore Gray — winner of the 2002 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his beautifully crafted, wooden, periodic-table table
Sacks appeal — feature re: Oaxaca, ferns, and Dr. Sacks
BookPage Interview November 2001: Oliver Sacks
The Writer : Oliver Sacks — from The Writer Online
When Music Heals — Parade Magazine 3/31/02
Seeing `Awakenings’ With Its Real-Life Cast — NY Times
SALON: Lit Chat – with Salon magazine
SALON: The Last Curious Man – Comprehensive feature including discussion of colorblindness, music, botany
