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Radiant Minds: The World of Oliver Sacks
Hosted by Indre Viskontas, this original podcast series from Audible investigates consciousness, the brain, and the human experience, drawing inspiration from the work of Dr. 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.
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“The Poet Laureate of Medicine”
— The New York Times
Dr. Oliver Sacks was a physician, best-selling author, and professor of neurology.
He is the author of many books, including Musicophilia, Awakenings, and The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat.
EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE, Dr. Sacks’s final collection of essays, is available now.
TED Talks: Oliver Sacks
What Hallucination Reveals About Our Minds
Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks brings our attention to Charles Bonnet syndrome — when visually impaired people experience lucid hallucinations. He describes the experiences of his patients in heartwarming detail and walks us through the biology of this under-reported phenomenon.
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BLOG: Oliver Sacks
A New Oliver Sacks Podcast, Available Now
Dear Friends, There was something unique and special about Oliver Sacks’ voice, literally as well as literarily. Those of you who were lucky enough to attend one of his…
A One-Night-Only U.K. and Ireland Screening of the Oliver Sacks Documentary
Happy Sunday, We know many of our followers in the U.K. and Ireland have been waiting to see the Ric Burns documentary “Oliver Sacks: His Own Life” for a while…
A classic Oliver Sacks book gets an upgrade.
Dear Readers, Shortly before his death, Oliver Sacks wrote an essay looking back on his seminal 1985 book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. We are thrilled…
The periodic table in Oliver Sacks’ wallet.
Dear Friends, Oliver Sacks was prolific. Besides 16 published books, he also left behind a legacy of brilliant essays, lectures, unpublished drafts, journals, letters, notes, marginalia, audio recordings, film, and…