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Sacks is by anyone's standards a very bright man indeed.
An accomplished neurologist and author, he explores the fascinating frontiers where identity meets physical and chemical disorders. Immensely sympathetic yet vigorously erudite, Sacks welcomes us into a greater knowledge of the human body, and invites us into the lives of people he has come to care about. The Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time Near the End of the World . A psychiatrist, he's noticing how crazy the world is getting. Having bridged the gap between science and the soul he is, naturally, cast out from respectability and from his peers.