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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
Parkinson’s Awareness Month and More
Did you know that Oliver Sacks once bought a house during a swim around New York’s City Island? He lived there for over twenty years. In his upcoming essay…
A New Oliver Sacks Book and Photos From the Archive
Everything in Its Place, the final collection of essays by Oliver Sacks, will be available on April 23, 2019. Publishers Weekly calls it “a treat for the chronically curious.” They write:…
A new Oliver Sacks book is on the way!
We are proud to announce a final collection of essays–many never before published, coming your way on April 23, 2019! Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales,…
Celebrating Oliver Sacks’s Birthday
Oliver loved to celebrate his birthday, July 9. He would start the day with a swim, and then we would round up the usual suspects and throw a party with…