Oliver Sacks
British neurologist who made medical case studies into a literary form, exploring the mysteries of consciousness through his patients' extraordinary neurological conditions. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An Anthropologist on Mars are his masterworks. His memoir On the Move describes a life lived at full throttle.
Works
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a HatClinical case studies revealing strange neurological conditions and brain disorders
- An Anthropologist on MarsEssays on unusual neurological patients and their remarkable adaptations
- AwakeningsTrue stories of catatonic patients awakened from decades of illness
- On the MoveAutobiographical account of Sacks's life and neurological experiences
- MusicophiliaExploration of music's profound effects on the brain and human experience