Oliver Sacks

Född 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.

Böcker av Oliver Sacks

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

av Oliver Sacks • 1985

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

4.05

200 000+

Psykologi

Vetenskap

Medicin

Essäer

Filosofi

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.

av Oliver Sacks 1985 243 sidor

4.05

200 000+ betyg

Psykologi

Vetenskap

Medicin

Essäer

Filosofi

Musicophilia

av Oliver Sacks • 2007

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

3.95

75 000+

Vetenskap

Musik

Psykologi

Medicin

Medicinsk

Musicophilia

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

av Oliver Sacks 2007 425 sidor

3.95

75 000+ betyg

Vetenskap

Musik

Psykologi

Medicin

Medicinsk

Hallucinations

av Oliver Sacks • 2012

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

3.93

25 000+

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Psykologi

Medicin

Medicinsk

Hälsa

Hallucinations

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

av Oliver Sacks 2012 352 sidor

3.93

25 000+ betyg

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Psykologi

Medicin

Medicinsk

Hälsa

On the Move

av Oliver Sacks • 2015

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

4.03

21 000+

Memoar

Vetenskap

Psykologi

Biografi

Medicin

On the Move

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

av Oliver Sacks 2015 397 sidor

4.03

21 000+ betyg

Memoar

Vetenskap

Psykologi

Biografi

Medicin

Awakenings

av Oliver Sacks • 1973

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

4.09

14 000+

Vetenskap

Psykologi

Medicin

Historia

Hälsa

Awakenings

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

av Oliver Sacks 1973 567 sidor

4.09

14 000+ betyg

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Psykologi

Medicin

Historia

Hälsa

The Mind's Eye

av Oliver Sacks • 2010

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

3.92

13 000+

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Psykologi

Medicin

Medicinsk

Biologi

The Mind's Eye

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

av Oliver Sacks 2010 263 sidor

3.92

13 000+ betyg

Vetenskap

Psykologi

Medicin

Medicinsk

Biologi

Uncle Tungsten

av Oliver Sacks • 2001

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

3.98

7 000+

Memoar

Vetenskap

Kemi

Biografi

Historia

Uncle Tungsten

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

av Oliver Sacks 2001 337 sidor

3.98

7 000+ betyg

Memoar

Vetenskap

Kemi

Biografi

Historia

Everything in Its Place

av Oliver Sacks • 2019

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

4.14

3 000+

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Essäer

Medicin

Psykologi

Memoar

Everything in Its Place

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

av Oliver Sacks 2019 288 sidor

4.14

3 000+ betyg

Vetenskap

Essäer

Medicin

Psykologi

Memoar

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