On the Move

Name: On the Move
Author: Oliver Sacks
ISBN: 9780804170932

Oliver SacksAuthor

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A "wonderful memoir" (Los Angeles Times) about a brilliantly unconventional physician and writer, a man who has illuminated the many ways that the brain makes us human. - "Intimate.... Brim[s] with life and affection." --The New York Times

When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote: "Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far." It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. With unbridled honesty and humor, Sacks writes about the passions that have driven his life--from motorcycles and weight lifting to neurology and poetry. He writes about his love affairs, both romantic and intellectual; his guilt over leaving his family to come to America; his bond with his schizophrenic brother; and the writers and scientists--W. H. Auden, Gerald M. Edelman, Francis Crick--who have influenced his work.

ISBN9780804170932

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Publication Date02/23/16

Pages448

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ISBN9780804170932

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Publication Date02/23/16

Pages448

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Ich muss zugeben, ich kannte Oliver Sacks bisher nicht und nun habe ich mit einem seiner letzten Bücher begonnen. Ein hochinteressanter Mann, der ein sehr spannendes Leben geführt hat. Sein Schreiben ist manchmal etwas sprunghaft, aber gut zu lesen. Zeitweise verliert er sich in neurologischen Details, die für Laien kaum nachvollziehbar sind. Aber auch das störte mich nicht, ich hatte Spaß am lesen und werde auch nach anderen seiner Bücher Ausschau halten.
Jun 18, 2026
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Ich muss zugeben, ich kannte Oliver Sacks bisher nicht und nun habe ich mit einem seiner letzten Bücher begonnen. Ein hochinteressanter Mann, der ein sehr spannendes Leben geführt hat. Sein Schreiben ist manchmal etwas sprunghaft, aber gut zu lesen. Zeitweise verliert er sich in neurologischen Details, die für Laien kaum nachvollziehbar sind. Aber auch das störte mich nicht, ich hatte Spaß am lesen und werde auch nach anderen seiner Bücher Ausschau halten.
Jun 18, 2026
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I've loved Oliver Sacks since [b: The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat|63697|The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales|Oliver Sacks|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1447047702s/63697.jpg|882844]. He has a way of making heavy science accessible to laypeople like me, and I was interested in knowing more about the man behind the stethoscope. His book did not disappoint. I was so pleased to learn so much about such an interesting man. I kept this book in my desk at work to read during lunchtime, and I was late coming back more than once because it was so engrossing.
Mar 2, 2024
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I've loved Oliver Sacks since [b: The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat|63697|The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales|Oliver Sacks|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1447047702s/63697.jpg|882844]. He has a way of making heavy science accessible to laypeople like me, and I was interested in knowing more about the man behind the stethoscope. His book did not disappoint. I was so pleased to learn so much about such an interesting man. I kept this book in my desk at work to read during lunchtime, and I was late coming back more than once because it was so engrossing.
Mar 2, 2024