With an introduction by Will SelfA classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind.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 patients struggling to adapt to often bizarre worlds of neurological disorder. Here are people who can no longer recognize everyday objects or those they love; who are stricken with violent tics or shout involuntary obscenities; who have been dismissed as autistic or retarded, yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. If inconceivably strange, these brilliant tales illuminate what it means to be human. A provocative exploration of the mysteries of the human mind, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a million-copy bestseller by the twentieth century's greatest neurologist.
With an introduction by Will SelfA classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind.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 patients struggling to adapt to often bizarre worlds of neurological disorder. Here are people who can no longer recognize everyday objects or those they love; who are stricken with violent tics or shout involuntary obscenities; who have been dismissed as autistic or retarded, yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. If inconceivably strange, these brilliant tales illuminate what it means to be human. A provocative exploration of the mysteries of the human mind, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a million-copy bestseller by the twentieth century's greatest neurologist.
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Clinical case studies of complex neurological conditions offered readers an unprecedented window into the human mind through narrative medical non-fiction. Physician and author Oliver Sacks gained international acclaim by documenting the lived experiences of patients navigating conditions ranging from visual agnosia to Tourette's syndrome, most famously in his landmark collection The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Described by The New York Times as 'the poet laureate of medicine,' his writing bridged clinical science and humanistic storytelling.
Born on July 9, 1933, in London, England, Oliver Wolf Sacks was raised in a medical family; his father, Samuel Sacks, was a physician, and his mother, Muriel Elsie Landau, was one of the first female surgeons in England. Sacks earned his medical degrees from Queen's College, Oxford, before immigrating to the United States in 1960. After completing residencies at the University of California, San Francisco, and UCLA, he relocated to New York City, where he served as a practicing clinical neurologist for hospitals and nursing homes while holding academic appointments at institutions such as the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Columbia University, and the NYU School of Medicine.
Sacks's clinical work with survivors of the early twentieth-century encephalitis lethargica epidemic formed the basis for his major early book Awakenings. The work detailed the dramatic reactions of catatonic patients treated with L-Dopa and inspired the 1990 Academy Award-nominated feature film starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. Beyond his standalone books, Sacks was a prolific essayist and frequent contributor to publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books.
Sacks's literary approach combined rigorous neurological inquiry with deep empathy, presenting detailed case histories that explored how individuals adapted to profound neurological alterations. Rather than focusing solely on illness or pathology, his work examined how the brain adapts and how identity persists through perceptual and cognitive changes. His writing spanned themes of memory, musical perception, vision, and neurodivergence, including his engagement with autism advocacy and literature such as Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism, for which he wrote the foreword.
2 books in catalog
Clinical case studies of complex neurological conditions offered readers an unprecedented window into the human mind through narrative medical non-fiction. Physician and author Oliver Sacks gained international acclaim by documenting the lived experiences of patients navigating conditions ranging from visual agnosia to Tourette's syndrome, most famously in his landmark collection The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Described by The New York Times as 'the poet laureate of medicine,' his writing bridged clinical science and humanistic storytelling.
Born on July 9, 1933, in London, England, Oliver Wolf Sacks was raised in a medical family; his father, Samuel Sacks, was a physician, and his mother, Muriel Elsie Landau, was one of the first female surgeons in England. Sacks earned his medical degrees from Queen's College, Oxford, before immigrating to the United States in 1960. After completing residencies at the University of California, San Francisco, and UCLA, he relocated to New York City, where he served as a practicing clinical neurologist for hospitals and nursing homes while holding academic appointments at institutions such as the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Columbia University, and the NYU School of Medicine.
Sacks's clinical work with survivors of the early twentieth-century encephalitis lethargica epidemic formed the basis for his major early book Awakenings. The work detailed the dramatic reactions of catatonic patients treated with L-Dopa and inspired the 1990 Academy Award-nominated feature film starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. Beyond his standalone books, Sacks was a prolific essayist and frequent contributor to publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books.
Sacks's literary approach combined rigorous neurological inquiry with deep empathy, presenting detailed case histories that explored how individuals adapted to profound neurological alterations. Rather than focusing solely on illness or pathology, his work examined how the brain adapts and how identity persists through perceptual and cognitive changes. His writing spanned themes of memory, musical perception, vision, and neurodivergence, including his engagement with autism advocacy and literature such as Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism, for which he wrote the foreword.
