
Synopsis
From the bestselling author of On Gratitude and On the Move.
In this spirited volume, Oliver Sacks examines the many passions of his own life – both as a doctor engaged with the central questions of human existence, and as a polymath conversant in all the sciences. Why do humans need gardens? How, and when, does a physician tell his patient...
Details
320 pages
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Life bursts through all of Oliver Sacks’s writing. He was and will remain a brilliant singularityThe New York Times Book Review
Magical . . . [Everything in Its Place] showcases the neurologist's infinitely curious mindPeople Magazine
Extraordinarily touchingSimon Callow, The New York Review of Books
Sacks further secures his legacy with this most recent collection of his work . . . The Shakespeare of science writing might suffice, but Sacks ultimately defies comparison to bygone or even contemporary authorsScientist