An Anthropologist on Mars

Name: An Anthropologist on Mars
Author: Oliver Sacks

by Oliver Sacks

Essays on unusual neurological patients and their remarkable adaptations

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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.

More by Oliver Sacks

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a HatClinical case studies revealing strange neurological conditions and brain disorders
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