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Book review: The lure of science and technology

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:39:53 GMT

What makes this stellar collection so special isn't just the crisp writing and well-organized stories; it's also the angle of approach.
Source: SeacoastOnline.com

Uncle Tungsten lights up the way

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:01:44 GMT

This week, I conducted a reading session for a group of enthusiasts taking an art criticism course at Jnanapravaha, a para-academic platform that has emerged as one of Mumbai's most vibrant hubs for intellectual exchange.
Source: Times of India

MIND Reviews: Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:06:16 GMT

BOOKS Photography by Christopher Payne. Essay by Oliver Sacks. MIT Press Insane asylum. For many people the phrase conjures up images of desperate patients trapped in concrete fortresses.
Source: Scientific American

Inside Oliver Sacks’s Brain (As He Listens to Music)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:52:33 GMT

Neurologist Oliver Sacks prefers Bach to Beethoven — I’m just the opposite. But enough about me, let’s talk Sacks. Dr. Sacks volunteered to have his brain scanned while listening to each composer’s music.
Source: Mental Floss

Author coming to Danbury to talk about daughter's mental illness

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:52:55 GMT

community to read the same book and discuss it.
Source: Greater Danbury News-Times

Mary-Kay Wilmers a life in writing | Series

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:06:43 GMT

In the London Review of Books filing system at their Bloomsbury offices, there is a proof copy of an early 1980s article written by a neurologist about a patient whose apprehension of the world around him had become bizarrely skewed.
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Lyricism As a Subversive Act

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:54:33 GMT

Under the headline, "Good Books Don't Have to be Hard," book critic Lev Grossmann recently declared, "Lyricism is on the wane, and suspense, humor, and pacing are shedding their stigmas and taking their place as the core literary technologies of the...
Source: Huffington Post

Migraine as inspiration

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:43:33 GMT

I've just found a brief but interesting study finding that migraines are much more common in neurologists than the general public which inspired an interesting reply by Oliver Sacks.
Source: Mind Hacks

Photo from Getty Images

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:29:00 GMT

NEW YORK - JUNE 3: Neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks speaks at Columbia University June 3, 2009 in New York City.

Photo from Getty Images

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:29:00 GMT

NEW YORK - JUNE 3: Neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks speaks at Columbia University June 3, 2009 in New York City.

Oliver Sachs MD - Original air date July 1986

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