Oliver Sacks

An Everyman Classic hardback edition of Dr Sacks's most extraordinary book, in which the poet laureate of medicine (New York Times) recounts fascinating case histories of patients with neurological disorders. Introduced by Atul Gawande, American surgeon and writer, who has said that no one taught him more about how to be a doctor than Oliver Sacks. Neurologist Oliver Sacks investigates...

CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKS If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it. In this extraordinary book, Dr. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of...

In The River of Consciousness, the acclaimed neurologist and author Oliver Sacks takes readers on a profound journey into the intricacies of the human mind, delving into questions of memory, time, and consciousness. As he reflects on decades of clinical experience with patients suffering from neurological disorders, Sacks combines personal anecdotes with the latest advances in neuroscience to offer a...

Oliver Sacks, one of the great humanists of our age—who describes himself in these pages as a 'philosophical physician' and an 'astronomer of the inward'—wrote to an eclectic array of family and friends. Most were scientists, artists, and writers, even statesmen: Francis Crick, Antonio Damasio, Jane Goodall, W. H. Auden, Susan Sontag, Stephen Jay Gould, Björk, and his first cousin,...

In An Anthropologist on Mars, Oliver Sacks uses case studies to illustrate the myriad ways in which neurological conditions can affect our sense of self, our experience of the world, and how we relate to those around us. Writing with his trademark blend of scientific rigour and human compassion, he describes patients such as the colour-blind painter or the surgeon...

With his trademark compassion and erudition, Dr Oliver Sacks examines the power of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. Among them: a surgeon who is struck by lightning and suddenly becomes obsessed with Chopin; people with 'amusia', to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans; and a man whose memory spans...

From the bestselling author of On Gratitude, On the Move and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. In this spirited volume, neurologist Oliver Sacks examines the many passions of his own life – both as a doctor engaged with the central questions of human existence, and as a polymath conversant in all the sciences. Why do humans...

Have you ever seen something that wasn't really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing? Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks offers an extraordinary journey into the realm of the perceptual mind. The book delves into the phenomenon of hallucinations, exploring why such experiences, often dismissed as symptoms of...

Oliver Sacks died in August 2015 at his home in Greenwich Village, surrounded by his close friends and family. He was 82. He spent his final days doing what he loved: playing the piano, swimming, enjoying smoked salmon - and writing. As Dr Sacks looked back over his long, adventurous life his final thoughts were of gratitude. In a series...