Name: Everything in its Place: First Loves and Last Tales
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Author: Oliver Sacks
ISBN: 9781101972328

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Everything in its Place: First Loves and Last Tales

Type

Physical Book

Author

Oliver Sacks

Publisher

Vintage

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 13.0 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.29

ISBN13

9781101972328

Synopsis "Everything in its Place: First Loves and Last Tales"

From the legendary author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat a volume of essays on everything from primordial life and the mysteries of the brain to the ancient ginkgo and the power of the written word. "Magical . . . [Everything in Its Place] showcases the neurologist's infinitely curious mind."--People MagazineIn this volume, Oliver Sacks examines the many passions that defined his life--both as a doctor engaged with the central questions of human existence and as a polymath conversant in all the sciences. Everything in Its Place brings together writings on a rich variety of topics. Why do humans need gardens? How, and when, does a physician tell his patient she has Alzheimer's? What is social media doing to our brains? In several of the compassionate case histories included here, we see Sacks consider the enigmas of depression, psychosis, and schizophrenia for the first time. In others, he returns to conditions that have long fascinated him: Tourette's syndrome, aging, dementia, and hallucinations. In counterpoint to these elegant investigations of what makes us human, this volume also includes pieces that celebrate Sacks's love of the natural world--and his final meditations on life in the twenty-first century.

Oliver Sacks

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Oliver Wolf Sacks, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, cited as Oliver Sacks, was a British neurologist and writer of Jewish origin, fond of chemistry and a popularizer of science, especially regarding his specialty.

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