"Geniale Störung: Die geheime Geschichte des Autismus und warum wir Menschen brauchen, die anders denken" von Oliver Sacks ist ein faszinierendes Werk, das sich mit der komplexen Welt des Autismus auseinandersetzt. Sacks, ein...

In his previous books, Oliver Sacks had addressed questions of the brain and mind through the lens of case histories of individuals with neurological disorders. Recently, however, he had been reflecting on his experiences with such...

'If you did not think that gallium and iridium could move you, this superb book will change your mind' The TimesIn Uncle Tungsten Sacks evokes, with warmth and wit, his upbringing in wartime England. He tells of the large science-steeped...

"Bewusstseinsdämmerungen: Fallgeschichten zur Weckdroge L-Dopa" von Oliver Sacks ist eine Sammlung von Fallstudien, die sich auf Patienten konzentrieren, die an Parkinson-Krankheit und anderen neurologischen Störungen leiden. Das Buch...

Awakenings--which inspired the major motion picture--is the remarkable story of a group of patients who contracted sleeping-sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I. Frozen for decades in a trance-like state, these men...

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,...

"Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain" ist ein faszinierendes Werk von Oliver Sacks, das die komplexe Beziehung zwischen Musik und dem menschlichen Gehirn erforscht. Das Buch enthält eine Sammlung von Fallstudien und persönlichen...

'The story of a disease that plunged its victims into a prison of viscous time, and the drug that catapulted them out of it' Guardian Hailed as a medical classic, and the subject of a major feature film as well as radio and stage plays...

'Oliver Sacks is a neurologist, a man of humane eloquence, and a genuine communicator' Observer'Sacks writes in the great tradition of literary doctors. He is humane, relaxed and amused, and loved a good anecdote' Spectator'Oliver Sacks...

"Die blinde Frau, die sehen kann: Rätselhafte Phänomene unseres Bewusstseins" von Oliver Sacks ist eine faszinierende Erkundung der komplexen und oft rätselhaften Funktionsweise des menschlichen Gehirns. In diesem Buch untersucht Sacks...

Have you ever seen something that wasn't really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing? Hallucinations don't belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly,...

In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Oliver...