Letters, a collection of just a small portion of Oliver Sacks ... and family—and with his own experience. In the past two decades, we have learned much about Sacks, the doctor and the man.

Oliver Sacks fell ... colleagues and fans. Sacks did his level best to respond to every letter that found him, sometimes at great length. The particulars of Sacks’ life story were set down ...

Oliver Sacks is one of the few scientists who has accomplished ... s struggle to find pleasure in his daily life and to reconcile his artistic expression in his new sickening and disorienting ...