Why people recommend it
On the Move by Oliver Sacks is a memoir by the renowned neurologist and writer that chronicles his eventful life, career, and intellectual development. Andrew Huberman recommended the book on the Huberman Lab podcast while discussing the culture of medicine and how scientific fields often suppress novel ideas, advising listeners to read it to understand the current arc of medicine and culture. Huberman also mentioned the biography during an appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast, highlighting both the book and a documentary about Sacks, who passed away in 2015. Additionally, on The Book Review podcast, host Pamela Paul and guest Andrew Solomon discussed the memoir. Solomon praised the work for revealing Sacks's deep humanity and vulnerability, noting that he admitted to his flaws, which made him much more relatable and likable. Paul noted that the publication date for the memoir was moved up from the fall to the spring. Sacks's willingness to expose his own damages and make his personal vulnerabilities apparent stood out as a defining quality of these later writings, providing readers with a profoundly moving portrait of a brilliant and complex man navigating his personal and professional worlds.
Who recommended it
- Andrew Huberman Recommended
- Pamela Paul Discussed
- Andrew Solomon Discussed
Andrew Huberman — 3 mentions
“if anyone is interested in understanding where we are in the Arc of medicine and culture I highly recommend reading Oliver Sax's book on the Move”
“he has a great biography called on the Move there's a wonderful documentary that just came out about him”
“He has a great biography called 'On the Move,' and there's a wonderful documentary that just came out about him—he died in 2015. I'm actually kind of a collector of his things.”
Pamela Paul — 3 mentions
“Andrew Solomon will join us to talk about Sax's new Memoir on the move in this book I felt as though there was a really deep Humanity as though he admitted to the ways in which he was damaged I I liked him a lot more after this book than I've liked him before”
“and we're not talking about your um incredible last book far from the tree but about on the move all of our Sax's new Memoir which you review in this week's issue of the book review”
“this book um on the Move Oliver Sax's Memoir was originally intended to be published this fall and they moved the pubd DAT up to the spring”
Andrew Solomon — 1 mention
“and it seems as though in these last couple of books but especially in on the Move he's decided to make um his own vulnerability apparent”
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Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“um the book again is on the move a Life by Oliver saxs and Andrew Solomon”
“and there she worked on some pieces by Oliver Sacks the freewheeling neurologist best known for writing Awakenings and the man who mistook his wife for a hat”