Book · 2012 · Hallucinations
Hallucinations
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He has two books, one called Hallucinations, the other one called The Mind's Eye, where he goes into specifics on CBS, and he's probably documented more cases than anybody.
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The book he did just before this um hallucinations was also surprisingly revelatory in that um in the excerpt that ran into the New Yorker first he confessed that he had been a drug addict.
Why people recommend it
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks is a fascinating non-fiction work that explores the profound and varied ways the human brain generates sensory illusions, drawing from numerous clinical case studies and the author's own experiences. Andrew Solomon discussed the book on The Book Review during an episode titled Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Future of Work in July 2024. Solomon pointed out that the book Sacks published just prior to his final writings was surprisingly revelatory, noting that an excerpt originally published in The New Yorker revealed Sacks's personal history as a drug addict. Moreover, Richard Turner mentioned the book on an episode of The Tim Ferriss Show titled Richard Turner — The Magical Phenom Who Will Blow Your Mind in February 2020. Turner brought up Hallucinations alongside companion works to highlight how Sacks meticulously documented specific neurological phenomena, such as Charles Bonnet syndrome, providing exhaustive case studies that surpassed the documentation efforts of almost anyone else in the medical and scientific community, thereby offering vital insights into the mysterious workings of human perception and neurological anomalies.
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Andrew Solomon the book he did just before this um hallucinations was also surprisingly revelatory in that um in the excer… 1
“the book he did just before this um hallucinations was also surprisingly revelatory in that um in the excerpt that ran into the New Yorker first he confessed that he had been a drug addict”
Richard Turner He has two books, one called Hallucinations, the other one called The Mind's Eye, where he goes into specif… 1
“He has two books, one called Hallucinations, the other one called The Mind's Eye, where he goes into specifics on CBS, and he's probably documented more cases than anybody.”