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Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales

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內容簡介 暢銷書《睡人》和《勇往直前》作者及腦神經科學家奧立佛‧薩克斯遺作探討薩克斯對生活與興趣抱持無與倫比的熱情與熱愛奧立佛‧薩克斯不僅是一位腦神經科學家，也是一位暢銷書作家。他所出版的著作多數探討他職涯中遇過的奇特案例，利用病患的案例作為他研究人類潛意識與大腦的起點，這部薩克斯的最後遺作，探討他神秘卻又獨特的個人興趣，包括對蕨類植物、游泳和馬尾巴的熱愛，甚至包括他最後的病例案例探討，例如精神分裂症、老年癡呆和阿茲海默症等。內容結合他對病患特有的同理心和深遠的腦神經科學研究，利用樸實誠懇的心情為出發點，紀錄他與病患之間的心路歷程，也同時對自我的省思，感受他對生命與所愛人事物的無比熱情及溫暖。From the best-selling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcase Sacks's broad range of interests--from his passion for ferns, swimming, and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring schizophrenia, dementia, and Alzheimer's.Oliver Sacks, scientist and storyteller, is beloved by readers for his neurological case histories and his fascination and familiarity with human behavior at its most unexpected and unfamiliar. Everything in Its Place is a celebration of Sacks's myriad interests, told with his characteristic compassion and erudition, and in his luminous prose.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Dr. Oliver Sacks spent more than fifty years working as a neurologist and writing books about the neurological predicaments and conditions of his patients, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia, and Hallucinations. The New York Times referred to him as ""the poet laureate of medicine,"" and over the years he received many awards, including honors from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and the Royal College of Physicians. His memoir On the Move was published shortly before his death in August 2015.

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