Oliver Sacks

출생년도: 1933 oliversacks.com

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Oliver Wolf Sacks was a British neurologist and author who lived most of his life in the United States.
Born in 1933 to a medical family, Sacks studied at Oxford before moving to New York in 1965.
He became renowned for his work with encephalitis lethargica patients, which inspired his book "Awakenings." Sacks wrote numerous popular books about neurological case studies, combining scientific insight with empathetic storytelling.
He held positions at various medical institutions and received numerous awards and honorary degrees.
Sacks was also known for his work in music therapy and his exploration of the relationship between the brain and human experience.
He passed away in 2015, leaving a legacy of bridging the gap between medical science and the humanities.

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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

저자: Oliver Sacks • 1985

When brains break, the self bends but doesn't vanish: clinical tales of what persists.

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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

When brains break, the self bends but doesn't vanish: clinical tales of what persists.

저자: Oliver Sacks 1985 243 페이지

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Musicophilia

저자: Oliver Sacks • 2007

When language and memory fail, music still gets through. A neurologist explains why.

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Musicophilia

When language and memory fail, music still gets through. A neurologist explains why.

저자: Oliver Sacks 2007 425 페이지

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Hallucinations

저자: Oliver Sacks • 2012

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

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Hallucinations

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

저자: Oliver Sacks 2012 352 페이지

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On the Move

저자: Oliver Sacks • 2015

Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.

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On the Move

Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.

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Awakenings

저자: Oliver Sacks • 1973

Patients frozen for decades woke on a single drug. The real trial was staying awake.

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Awakenings

Patients frozen for decades woke on a single drug. The real trial was staying awake.

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The Mind's Eye

저자: Oliver Sacks • 2010

Blindness doesn't silence the visual brain. It retrains it, exposing how perception is built.

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The Mind's Eye

Blindness doesn't silence the visual brain. It retrains it, exposing how perception is built.

저자: Oliver Sacks 2010 263 페이지

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Uncle Tungsten

저자: Oliver Sacks • 2001

A boy, a bar of tungsten, a brutal wartime school: how chemistry became Oliver Sacks's sanctuary.

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Uncle Tungsten

A boy, a bar of tungsten, a brutal wartime school: how chemistry became Oliver Sacks's sanctuary.

저자: Oliver Sacks 2001 337 페이지

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Everything in Its Place

저자: Oliver Sacks • 2019

Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.

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Everything in Its Place

Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.

저자: Oliver Sacks 2019 288 페이지

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