A Sampling of Features & Interviews: Print

Click here for features and interviews relating to music and to Dr. Sacks'
latest book Musicophilia.



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