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An Anthropologist on Mars

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Oliver Sacks

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The Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales is a 1995 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks, consisting of seven medical case histories of individuals with neurological conditions such as autism and Tourette's syndrome. The anthropologist on Mars follows up on many of the topics Kiss explored in his 1985 book, The Man Who Mistakes His Wife for a Hat, but here the articles are noticeably longer, and Sachs has more opportunity to discuss each topic in more depth and to explore historical case studies of patients with of similar symptoms. In addition, Sacks studies his patients outside of the hospital, often traveling long distances to interact with his subjects in their own environments. Sachs concludes that "imperfections, disorders [and] diseases ... can play a paradoxical role, by highlighting the underlying forces, developments, developments, and forms of life that may never be seen, or even imagined, in their absence"
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Oliver Sacks

Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He received his education and suffered at first, as he and his brother entered a boarding school without the knowledge of his family, then he went to St. Paul's School in London, and received his education until he obtained a Bachelor's degree in organology and biology, and completed his studies to obtain a master's in order to qualify himself to practice medicine, Then he left England to Canada and then to the United States, which was a positive step towards a completely different career path from what he was accustomed to. He was a professor of neuroscience at the New York University of Medicine, and then he took a number of positions in a number of universities for medicine, and he wrote many books that got bestsellers, and then did a number of studies on a group of cases of people who suffer from neurological disorders, and he got He was honored on the anniversary of his death for his clear and distinguished contributions in supporting music therapy and the effect of this music on the human brain. Oxford University awarded him an honorary doctorate in civil law. D is a large number of awards that testify to his knowledge and excellence in his medical field.

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