Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks, who died from cancer on 30 August, was a neurologist with a difference. He focused on individuals, rather than on populations, and wrote graceful books instead of papers. This collection brings together comment on Sacks’s life and work, and his own writing from the archives of Nature Publishing Group.
Oliver Sacks, Who Depicted Brain-Disorder Sufferers' Humanity, Dies
The prolific author–neurologist gave the world empathetic insights into disorders of the brain while also inspiring films, plays, an opera and likely many careers in medicine and brain science Scientific American (31 August 2015)
A Tribute to Oliver Sacks from Colleague and Friend Christof Koch
The famed neurologist–author found uniqueness in every patient and savored the miracle of existence, whether it be found in squirrel monkeys or people Scientific American (31 August 2015)
Oliver Sacks on Stage Fright
John Horgan Scientific American (20 June 2015)
Oliver Sacks and the Binding Power of Rhythm
John Horgan Scientific American (18 May 2015)
An Appreciation of Oliver Sacks, Anti-Theorist of the Mind
John Horgan Scientific American (10 May 2015)
Oliver Sacks Shares Tales of Musical Hallucinations
Ben Thomas Scientific American (22 April 2013)
