Oliver Sacks - Revision history

AlecTroeger at 01:58, 29 April 2008

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	== Childhood ==		== Childhood ==
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	Oliver Wolf Sacks is a United States based neurologist who was born in London on July 9th, 1933		Oliver Wolf Sacks is a United States based neurologist who was born in London on July 9th, 1933

-	to a very prosperous Jewish medical family. At age 6, ~~Sacks’~~ parents sent him to a boarding	+	to a very prosperous Jewish medical family. At age 6, Sacksâ�� parents sent him to a boarding

	school for 4 years in the Midlands where he was to be protected from World War 2. In this time,		school for 4 years in the Midlands where he was to be protected from World War 2. In this time,
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	Sacks lived with his uncle Dave and developed an interest in chemistry. This is the time period		Sacks lived with his uncle Dave and developed an interest in chemistry. This is the time period

-	that ~~Sacks’~~ memoir Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood reflects on.	+	that Sacksâ�� memoir Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood reflects on.


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	== Books by Sacks ==		== Books by Sacks ==

-	Oliver Sacks has a way of writing about neuropsychological disorders in ~~layman’s~~ terms. Sacks	+	Oliver Sacks has a way of writing about neuropsychological disorders in laymanâ��s terms. Sacks

	uses very little clinical terms in his writing, and focuses on the experiences of the patient and		uses very little clinical terms in his writing, and focuses on the experiences of the patient and

Mwentworth at 21:43, 24 April 2008

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	neuropsychology topics aswell as a television series called The Mind Traveler.		neuropsychology topics aswell as a television series called The Mind Traveler.
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		+	== References ==
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		+	http://www.oliversacks.com/

Mwentworth at 23:43, 23 April 2008

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		+	== Childhood ==
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		+	Oliver Wolf Sacks is a United States based neurologist who was born in London on July 9th, 1933
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		+	to a very prosperous Jewish medical family. At age 6, Sacks’ parents sent him to a boarding
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		+	school for 4 years in the Midlands where he was to be protected from World War 2. In this time,
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		+	Sacks lived with his uncle Dave and developed an interest in chemistry. This is the time period
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		+	that Sacks’ memoir Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood reflects on.
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		+	== Study of Medicine and Neurology ==
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		+	Oliver Sacks went on to obtain his medical degrees from Oxford University. In 1960, Sacks went on
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		+	vacation in Canada and decided to stay. Sacks hitch-hiked through the Rocky Mountains and ended
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		+	up in San Francisco, eventually moving to Los Angeles where he completed his residency in
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		+	neurology at UCLA. Then Sacks moved to the Bronx in New York where he still lives and helps
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		+	people with their neurological disorders.
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		+	Formerly, Sacks was a professor of neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an
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		+	adjunct professor at the New York School of Medicine for over 43 years. Recently, on September 1,
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		+	2007, Sacks became a professor of clinical neurology and clinical psychiatry at the Columbia
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		+	University College of Physicians and Surgeons. To this day, Sacks is still a consultant
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		+	neurologist to the Little Sisters of the Poor organization and continues to practice neurology in
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		+	New York City.
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		+	== Books by Sacks ==
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		+	Oliver Sacks has a way of writing about neuropsychological disorders in layman’s terms. Sacks
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		+	uses very little clinical terms in his writing, and focuses on the experiences of the patient and
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		+	how they adapt to their disorder. By telling a story of a particular patient who exemplifies a
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		+	particular disorder, Sacks has a talent of grabbing the attention of the reader and introducing
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		+	them into a world unfamiliar to their way of life. The following are books written by Oliver Sacks
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		+	MIGRAINE (1970- revised 1992)
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		+	AWAKENINGS (1973- revised 1990)
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		+	A LEG TO STAND ON (1984)
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		+	THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT (1985)
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		+	SEEING VOICES (1989)
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		+	AN ANTHROPOLOGIST ON MARS (1995)
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		+	THE ISLAND OF THE COLORBLIND (1997)
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		+	UNCLE TUNGSTEN: MEMORIES OF A CHEMICAL BOYHOOD (2001)
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		+	OAXACA JOURNAL (2002)
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		+	MUSICOPHILIA: TALES OF MUSIC AND THE BRAIN (2007)
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		+	All of the books by Sacks are documents of his professional work in the field of neurology. He
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		+	has written from his point of view as the patient in the memoir Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a
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		+	Chemical Boyhood (2001), as well as the neurologist helping the various and interesting patients
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		+	he encounters. Additionally, Oliver Sacks also has many published essays and articles on various
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		+	neuropsychology topics aswell as a television series called The Mind Traveler.

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