Zu Beginn begegnen wir dem Autor auf einer Wanderung in den norwegischen Bergen. Das Urlaubsidyll verwandelt sich jäh in eine Katastrophe: In einer gottverlassenen Gegend verletzt sich Sacks ein Bein. Unter unsäglichen Schmerzen kriecht...

'A mine of treasures, a source of visions, a microcosm of human experience and suffering, the philosopher's stone: Migraine is a remarkable achievement' Sunday Telegraph Migraine is an age-old - the first recorded instances date back...

Die Zeitschrift "Bild der Wissenschaft" kürte 1995 in der Rubrik Unterhaltung "Eine Anthropologin auf dem Mars" zum Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres. Die Begründung: Das Buch, das ein Thema am spannendsten präsentiert: "In sieben spannenden...

On the Move: A Life von Sacks, Oliver

If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it. In this extraordinary book, Dr Oliver Sacks recounts the stories...

In his most extraordinary book, Dr. Sacks recounts the case histories of patients inhabiting the compelling world of neurological disorders. Featuring a preface never before included.Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat...

'An inexhaustible tourist at the farther reaches of the mind, Sacks presents, in sparse, unsentimental prose, the stories of seven of his patients. The result is as rich, vivid and compelling as any collection of short fictional stories'...

A million-copy bestseller by the twentieth century's greatest neurologist. von Sacks, Oliver

'A memoir of glorious, unflinching honesty' GuardianWhen 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....

Long before Oliver Sacks became a distinguished neurologist and bestselling writer, he was a small English boy fascinated by metals-also by chemical reactions (the louder and smellier the better), photography, squids and cuttlefish, H.G....

'Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent' Observer How does the brain perceive and interpret information from the eye? And what happens when the process is...

Oliver Sacks: 3 Bände im Schuber: Der einarmige Pianist - Das innere Auge - Drachen, Doppelgänger und Dämonen