On the move : a life / Oliver Sacks.
On the move : a life / Oliver Sacks.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Call Numbers
G 2015/1748
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
397 pages, 32un-numbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
On the move -- Leaving the nest -- San Francisco -- Muscle beach -- Out of reach -- Awakenings -- The bull on the mountain -- A matter of identity -- City island -- Voyages -- A new vision of the mind -- Home.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2015.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Physician and writer Oliver Sacks recounts his experiences as a young neurologist; his physical passions--weight lifting and swimming; his love affairs, both romantic and intellectual; his guilt over leaving his family to come to America; his bond with his schizophrenic brother; and the writers and scientists--Thom Gunn, A. R. Luria, W. H. Auden, G...
Alternative Titles
Full title
On the move : a life / Oliver Sacks.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes index.
"This is a Borzoi book."
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2015/1748
Record Identifier
74VK7dgkxmkO
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7dgkxmkO
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0385352549 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780385352543 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
616.800922
MMS ID
991022724529702626
