Oliver Sacks is a physician and the author of many books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings (which inspired the Oscar-nominated film) and Musicophilia. Born in London and educated at Oxford, he now lives in New York City, where he is Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is the first, and only, Columbia University Artist, and is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire. For more information, visit www.oliversacks.com
The bestselling author of Awakenings and Musicophilia
Oliver Sacks is a physician and the author of ten previous books, including most recently, Musicophilia. He lives in New York City, where he is Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is the first, and only, Columbia University Artist, and is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire.
Populated by a cast as strange as that of the most fantastic
fiction . . . Dr Sacks shows the awesome powers of our mind and
just how delicately balanced they have to be. * Sunday Times *
A gripping journey into the recesses of the human mind. * Daily
Mail *
This book is for everybody who has felt from time to time that
certain twinge of self-identity and sensed how easily, at any
moment, one might lose it. * The Times *
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