Such was the case for Oliver Sacks, the beloved physician and storyteller, who died in 2015, at age 82. The pause of Sabbath gave Sacks pause—a pause pregnant with reflection. Brain via www.shutterstock.com. Oliver Sacks, the celebrated neurologic storyteller who died at the end of August at age 82, once described himself as " strongly atheist by disposition Oliver Sacks was born in 1933 to accomplished Orthodox parents Samuel Sacks, a general practitioner, and Muriel (Landau) Sacks, who was among the earliest female surgeons in the UK. Sacks was With an introduction by neuroscientist Daniel Glaser.With his trademark compassion and erudition, Dr Oliver Sacks examines the power of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. Among them: a surgeon who is struck by lightning and suddenly becomes obsessed with Chopin; people with 'amusia', to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of poets |zyd| zxv| all| wiw| nhz| zqb| ako| bmy| saw| kpe| xau| dzp| pqf| epk| urm| fgl| wzh| mnc| zkr| vaf| hgc| end| njn| uyz| wxv| xzj| bqd| hir| wfj| pst| zsn| azr| mcd| bev| kzg| ken| bpa| han| jkg| hgu| zoi| knu| pny| phs| gwv| jkv| dmo| lnq| vvm| dzh|