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Starred Review on August 1, 2017 | Science and Technology
One of two titles neurologist Sacks (The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat; Hallucinations) was working on when he died in 2015, this volume is a collection of essays, some of which were published previously in The New York Review of Books. Sacks begins with Charles Darwin and continues with pieces on Sigmund Freud, memory, creativity, illness, and consciousness. He alludes to writers who greatly influenced him, such as William James...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
