Oliver Sacks: "Uncle Tungsten" (Knopf)

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Oliver Sacks: "Uncle Tungsten" (Knopf)

Neurologist Oliver Sacks, author of the bestsellers Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, talks with Diane about his memoir, in which he tells of growing up in Britain during World War II, and the uncle who introduced him...

Neurologist Oliver Sacks, author of the bestsellers Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, talks with Diane about his memoir, in which he tells of growing up in Britain during World War II, and the uncle who introduced him to the wonders of science.

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Oliver Sacks

a physician and the author of nine previous books, including "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" and "Awakenings."

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