Oliver sacks book awakenings7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() So many people who have curled up with one of his 13 books, listened to one of his several appearances on the podcast Radiolab or saw him speak in person at an event such as the TED talk he gave several years ago have experienced their own Sacks-spurred awakenings. The stunning story of how he used what was then an experimental drug called L-DOPA to lift his patients out of a catatonic stupor is certainly worthy of a legacy all on its own, but Sacks was by no means a one-trick pony. However, this is just one story, one example of the awakenings that Sacks brought about. ![]() Soon after cancer ended his 82 years of life early on Sunday morning, it was clearer than ever that he will be most remembered for his memoir Awakenings, which was adapted to become a hit film starring Robin Williams in 1990. Oliver Sacks was a skilled neurologist, but what made him so irreplaceable was his remarkable talent for storytelling. ![]()
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