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Oliver Sacks’s memoir charts a life in motion. From youthful motorcycle obsession to a formative career as a young neurologist in California and New York, he recounts the patients, colleagues, and personal relationships that defined his work and personality.
The book explores Sacks’s experiences with addiction, his discovery of a forgotten illness in a chronic hospital’s back wards, and his bond with his schizophrenic brother. It also reflects on the intellectual influences of writers and scientists who shaped his thinking.
Through humor and honesty, Sacks demonstrates how the same energy that drove his physical pursuits also fueled his cerebral interests, painting a portrait of a brilliant, unconventional physician and storyteller.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Oliver Sacks
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