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Oliver Sacks

Books by Oliver Sacks

Oliver Wolf Sacks (July 1933 – August 2015) was a renowned British neurologist and author whose books delved into the realms of the human brain and the complexities of the human mind.

His books The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awakenings became beloved classics, offering glimpses into the lives of individuals with neurological disorders and the profound impact these conditions have on their sense of self and perception of the world.

We think of philosophy as a discipline that interrogates complex dilemmas—the nature of will, right and wrong, human freedom—with logic, reasoned thought and argument. But what do the moments in philosophy that make us stop and look outside ourselves have to teach us? According to Eric Schwitzgebel, philosopher at the University of California Riverside, they can open up worlds of fresh possibility. Here he recommends five books of philosophical wonder.

We still don’t have a complete understanding of the ‘terra incognita’ that is the human brain, says Frederick Lepore—the noted US neurologist and author of _Finding Einstein’s Brain_—but we’ve made enormous breakthroughs over the past hundred years. Here, he selects five of the best books that detail the development of the strange and delicate study of clinical neuroscience through the eyes of its researchers.

Will Self on Literary Influences

Conventional prose fiction falls short of the mark, says English author Will Self. He tells us about his modernist novel Umbrella, what the real character of London is, and why he can’t stand the Olympics

Hallucinations can be strange, alarming, even sometimes exciting. They affect the mentally ill and the chemically altered, but also those suffering from migraine, Parkinson’s, and even grief. Researcher Ben Alderson-Day talks us through this odd phenomenon as he selects five of the best book on hallucination.

Books by Oliver Sacks