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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks

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Book name: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (2024)
Category: Behavior
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Pages: 350 pages
Language: English
Publication data: Jan. 1, 1985, midnight
The book is a collection of clinical tales about patients suffering from a variety of neurological disorders. The author, a neurologist, shares his experiences with these patients, whose conditions range from common ailments like amnesia and aphasia, to rare disorders like visual agnosia and Tourette's Syndrome. The stories are both compassionate and insightful, revealing the complexities of the human brain and the resilience of the human spirit, even in the face of debilitating illness. The 649th greatest book of all time

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Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks

6 books

Oliver Wolf Sacks, CBE, was a British neurologist residing in the United States, who has written popular books about his patients, the most famous of which is Awakenings, which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro.

Sacks was the youngest of four children born to a prosperous North London Jewish couple: Sam, a physician, and Elsie, a surgeon. When he was six years old, he and his brother were evacuated from London to escape The Blitz, retreating to a… Read more