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Oliver Sacks Site - Biography, descriptions of and excerpts from books, schedule of lectures and appearances, media interviews and reviews, and how to contact Dr. Sacks' neurological practice.
An Anthropologist on Mars - Audio interview with neurologist Oliver Sacks, about his latest book.

Oliver Sacks - Oliver Wolf Sacks (born July 9, 1933, London), is a United States-based British neurologist, who has written popular books about his patients; the most famous of which is Awakenings, which was adapted into a film starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro.
Awakenings - Awakenings is a 1990 drama film based on Oliver Sacks' memoir, Awakenings. It tells the true story of a doctor (Oliver Sacks, fictionalized as Malcolm Sayer) who, in 1969, discovers beneficial effects of the then-new drug L-Dopa.
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood - Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood is a memoir by Oliver Sacks about his childhood published in 2001. The book is named for Sacks' Uncle Dave, who owned a business named Tungstalite, which made incandescent lightbulbs with a tungsten filament, who Oliver nicknamed Uncle Tungsten.
An Anthropologist on Mars - An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales is a 1995 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks consisting of seven medical case histories of individuals with neurological conditions such as autism and Tourette syndrome. An Anthropologist on Mars follows up on many of the themes Sacks explored in his earlier book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, but here the essays ...
Migraine (book) - Migraine is the first book written by Oliver Sacks, the well known neurologist and author with a practice in New York City. The book was first published in 1970 and revised in 1992.