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The award-winning Oliver Sacks documentary is coming to PBS’ American Masters!
Ric Burns' documentary Oliver Sacks: His Own Life will be broadcast throughout the United States on PBS' American Masters, premiering at 9 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 9th. Click here for more info.
“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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