Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The
River of Consciousness, the last book he would oversee . . .
The bestselling author of On the Move, Musicophilia, and The Man Who
Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Sacks is known for his illuminating case
histories about people living with neurological conditions at the far
borderlands of human experience. But his grasp of science was not
restricted to neuroscience or medicine; he was fascinated by the issues,
ideas, and questions of all the sciences. That wide-ranging expertise
and passion informs the perspective of this book, in which he
interrogates the nature not only of human experience but of all life.
In The River of Consciousness, Dr. Sacks takes on evolution, botany,
chemistry, medicine, neuroscience, and the arts, and calls upon his
great scientific and creative heroes - above all, Darwin, Freud, and
William James. For Sacks, these thinkers were constant companions from
an early age; the questions they explored - the meaning of evolution,
the roots of creativity, and the nature of consciousness - lie at the
heart of science and of this book.
The River of Consciousness
demonstrates Sacks's unparalleled ability to make unexpected
connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless
endeavor to understand what makes us human.
The River of Consciousness - Oliver Sacks
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