Oliver Sacks

From the bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat - Here the doctor becomes the patient as Dr. Sacks chronicles the mountaineering accident which left him with the uncanny feeling of being "legless," and raises profound questions of the physical basis of identity. "One of the great clinical writers of the 20th century." --The New York Times Book ReviewIn A Leg to Stand On, it is Sacks himself who is the patient: an encounter with a bull on a desolate mountain in Norway has left him with a severely damaged leg. But what should be a routine recuperation is actually the beginning of a strange medical journey when he finds that his leg uncannily no longer feels like part of his body. Sacks's brilliant description of his crisis and eventual recovery is not only an illuminating examination of the experience of patienthood and the inner nature of illness and health but also a fascinating exploration of the physical basis of identity. This 1984 classic is now available in an expanded edition with a new foreword, written by Kate Edgar, executive director of the Oliver Sacks Foundation.

From the bestselling author of On Gratitude and On the Move. In this spirited volume, Oliver Sacks examines the many passions of his own life – both as a doctor engaged with the central questions of human existence, and as a polymath conversant in all the sciences. 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 collected here, Sacks considers for the first time the enigmas of depression, psychosis, and schizophrenia, and in others he returns to conditions that have long fascinated him: Tourette’s syndrome, ageing, 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 last meditations on life in the twenty-first century. Everything in Its Place gives us an intimate portrait of a master writer and thinker at work.

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 Saks - izvestnyj britanskij nevrolog, avtor rjada populjarnykh knig, perevedennykh na dvadtsat jazykov, dve iz kotorykh - "Chelovek, kotoryj prinjal zhenu za shljapu" i "Antropolog na Marse" - stali mezhdunarodnymi bestsellerami. Oliver Saks rasskazal chitateljam mnozhestvo udivitelnykh istorij svoikh patsientov, a pod konets zhizni reshilsja povedat istoriju sobstvennoj zhizni, kotoraja porazhaet voobrazhenie nichut ne menshe, chem istorija cheloveka, kotoryj prinjal zhenu za shljapu. Istorija zhizni Olivera Saksa - eto istorija trudnogo vzroslenija neordinarnogo malchika v udushlivoj provintsialnoj britanskoj atmosfere serediny proshlogo veka. Istorija molodogo nevrologa, ne delavshego raznitsy mezhdu ponjatijami "zhizn" i "nauka". Istorija cheloveka, kotoryj smelo shel na konfrontatsiju s nauchnym soobschestvom, vydvigal smelye teorii i stavil na sebe riskovannye, esli ne skazat ekstsentrichnye, eksperimenty. Istorija odnogo iz samykh izvestnykh nevrologov i nejropsikhologov nashego vremeni - besstrashnogo podvizhnika nauki, nezaurjadnoj lichnosti i ubezhdennogo gumanista.

Kniga, kotoraja legla v osnovu odnoimennogo znamenitogo gollivudskogo filma s Robertom De Niro v glavnoj roli! Istorija, kotoraja chitaetsja kak khoroshaja fantastika - khotja v dejstvitelnosti v nej opisana pravda!... Letargicheskij entsefalit. Bolezn, epidemija kotoroj prokatilas po vsemu miru v 1918-20 godakh. Desjatki ljudej vpali v letargicheskij son, prodlivshijsja ni mnogo ni malo - pjatdesjat let. Ikh schitali beznadezhnymi i soderzhali v spetsialnykh klinikakh. No kogda v nachale 1970-kh na rynok lekarstvennykh preparatov vyshlo novoe lekarstvo, prednaznachennoe dlja borby s boleznju Parkinsona, molodoj vrach Oliver Saks popytalsja isprobovat ego na patsientakh, stradajuschikh "sonnoj boleznju". On shel na risk i veril v chudo...

Oliver Saks - britanskij nevrolog i nejropsikholog, avtor rjada populjarnykh knig, v kotorykh on rasskazyvaet realnye istorii svoikh patsientov. Ekranizatsija ego knigi "Probuzhdenija" s Robertom De Niro v glavnoj roli imela bolshoj uspekh. Proizvedenija Saksa perevedeny na dvadtsat jazykov, no naibolshuju populjarnost zavoevali mezhdunarodnye bestsellery "Chelovek, kotoryj prinjal zhenu za shljapu" i "Antropolog na Marse", napisannye v zhanre "klinicheskikh rasskazov" XIX veka. V "Antropologe na Marse" sobrany neverojatnye istorii patsientov doktora Saksa, sumevshikh otstojat svoe mesto v zhizni, nevziraja na strogij meditsinskij prigovor, ne podlezhaschij peresmotru. Sem udivitelnykh istorij o neischerpaemykh vozmozhnostjakh chelovecheskogo mozga, o stojkosti i ljubvi, kotoraja zaschischaet, spasaet, daet sily zhit i preodolevat dazhe samye zhestokie udary sudby.

Chto takoe muzykalnaja odarennost? Patologija ili Bozhij dar? Chem genialnost Chajkovskogo otlichaetsja ot genialnosti Vagnera? Chem obuslovlena udivitelnaja ljubov k muzyke ljudej s sindromom Viljamsa i pochemu stradajuschie "amuziej", naprotiv, vosprinimajut ee kak nevynosimoe nagromozhdenie zvukov? Kakie izmenenija proizoshli v soznanii cheloveka, kotoryj, vyzhiv posle udara molnii, neozhidanno dlja vsekh i prezhde vsego dlja samogo sebja stal gorjachim poklonnikom Shopena i dazhe vyuchilsja igrat na fortepjano dlja togo, chtoby imet vozmozhnost ispolnjat ego proizvedenija? Dazhe esli vy ne ljubite muzyku, vy ne smozhete otorvatsja ot etoj knigi, kotoraja otkroet takie glubiny v vashem sobstvennom "ja", o kotorykh vy dazhe ne dogadyvalis.

The River of Consciousness is a remarkable culmination of a lifetime's research into the way the brain works by the celebrated late neurologist Oliver Sacks.

From the bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, a collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engagement with the most compelling ideas of human endeavor: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness, and experience. "Curious, avid and thrillingly fluent." --The New York Times Book Review In the pieces that comprise The River of Consciousness, Dr. Sacks takes on evolution, botany, chemistry, medicine, neuroscience, and the arts, and calls upon his great scientific and creative heroes--above all, Darwin, Freud, and William James. For Sacks, these thinkers were constant companions from an early age. The questions they explored--the meaning of evolution, the roots of creativity, and the nature of consciousness--lie at the heart of science and of this book. The River of Consciousness demonstrates Sacks's unparalleled ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless endeavor to understand what makes us human.

Galljutsinatsii. V Srednie veka ikh objasnjali dukhovnym prosvetleniem ili, naprotiv, oderzhimostju djavolom. Desjatki ljudej byli objavleny svjatymi, tysjachi - sgoreli na kostrakh inkvizitsii. V nashe vremja ikh prinjato schitat priznakom sumasshestvija, tjazheloj bolezni ili sledstviem priema narkoticheskikh sredstv. No tak li eto? Vy krepko spite v svoej komnate i vnezapno prosypaetes ot rezkogo zvonka v dver. Vskochiv, vy podkhodite k dveri, no tam nikogo net. "Navernoe, pokazalos", - dumaete vy, ne dogadyvajas, chto eto byla tipichnaja galljutsinatsija. "Kakaja galljutsinatsija? Ved ja zhe ne sumasshedshij!" V svoej novoj rabote Oliver Saks obraschaetsja k miru galljutsinatsij i, kak vsegda, glavnuju tsennost knigi predstavljajut realnye istorii ljudej, vstupivshikh v upornuju borbu za vozvraschenie k psikhicheskomu zdorovju i polnotsennoj zhizni!..

Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the last book he would oversee. The bestselling author of On the Move, Musicophilia, and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Sacks is known for his illuminating case histories about people living with neurological conditions at the far borderlands of human experience. But his grasp of science was not restricted to neuroscience or medicine; he was fascinated by the issues, ideas, and questions of all the sciences. That wide-ranging expertise and passion informs the perspective of this book, in which he interrogates the nature not only of human experience but of all life. In The River of Consciousness, Dr. Sacks takes on evolution, botany, chemistry, medicine, neuroscience, and the arts, and calls upon his great scientific and creative heroes – above all, Darwin, Freud, and William James. For Sacks, these thinkers were constant companions from an early age; the questions they explored – the meaning of evolution, the roots of creativity, and the nature of consciousness – lie at the heart of science and of this book. The River of Consciousness demonstrates Sacks’s unparalleled ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless endeavor to understand what makes us human.

An extraordinary collection of interviews with the beloved doctor and author, whose research and books inspired generations of readers. Oliver Sacks ?called "the poet laureate of medicine" by the New York Times?illuminated the mysteries of the brain for a wide audience in a series of richly acclaimed books, including Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and numerous The New Yorker articles. In this collection of interviews, Sacks is at his most candid and disarming, rich with insights about his life and work. Any reader of Oliver Sacks will find in this book an entirely new way of looking at a brilliant writer.

When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: 'Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far'. It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going . . . From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move is infused with his restless energy. As he recounts his experiences as a young neurologist in the early 1960s, first in California and then in New York, where he discovered a long-forgotten illness in the back wards of a chronic hospital, as well as with a group of patients who would define his life, it becomes clear that Sacks's earnest desire for engagement has occasioned unexpected encounters and travels – sending him through bars and alleys, over oceans, and across continents. With unbridled honesty and humour, Sacks shows us that the same energy that drives his physical passions –bodybuilding, weightlifting, and swimming – also drives his cerebral passions. He writes about his love affairs, both romantic and intellectual, his guilt over leaving his family to come to America, his bond with his schizophrenic brother, and the writers and scientists – Thom Gunn, A. R. Luria, W. H. Auden, Gerald M. Edelman, Francis Crick – who influenced him. On the Move is the story of a brilliantly unconventional physician and writer – and of the man who has illuminated the many ways that the brain makes us human.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A "wonderful memoir" (Los Angeles Times) about a brilliantly unconventional physician and writer, a man who has illuminated the many ways that the brain makes us human. - "Intimate.... Brim s] with life and affection." --The New York Times When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote: "Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far." It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. With unbridled honesty and humor, Sacks writes about the passions that have driven his life--from motorcycles and weight lifting to neurology and poetry. He writes about his love affairs, both romantic and intellectual; his guilt over leaving his family to come to America; his bond with his schizophrenic brother; and the writers and scientists--W. H. Auden, Gerald M. Edelman, Francis Crick--who have influenced his work.