Celebrating Dr. Oliver Sacks: best-selling author and neurologist.https://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3m46mkaaww22oWe are excited to share the latest international cover of LETTERS by Oliver Sacks, now available in Italian from Adelphi Edizioni. Please share with any of your followers who may wish to read the Italian version. Copies can be purchased here: https://www.adelphi.it/libro/978884594025527 Oct 2025 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3m46mkaaww22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3lzoetob2vk2yAs we mark the tenth anniversary of Oliver Sacks’s passing, we’ll be sharing clips of people talking about how Oliver Sacks has impacted them and the world every week for the next few months. This clip of Robert Krulwich is from Ric Burns’ documentary, “Oliver Sacks: His Own Life.”25 Sep 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzoetob2vk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3lz4kl5p3322uOliver Sacks talks about how taking hallucinogens helped him understand his patients. As we mark the tenth anniversary of Oliver Sacks’s passing over the next few months we will be sharing clips from the archives. Footage shot by Dempsey Rice who’s working on The Animated Mind of Oliver Sacks.18 Sep 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4kl5p3322uhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3lz2dvx7vwc2zWe’re excited to share that Brilliant Minds is back by popular acclaim! Season two of the @NBC drama based on Dr. Sacks’s life and work, and starring Zachary Quinto, debuts on September 22. (You still have time to catch up on season one streaming on Peacock!) #BrilliantMinds17 Sep 2025 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz2dvx7vwc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3lydrp5ucqs2nHappy Star Trek day! Oliver Sacks was a big ST fan and named one of the nurses in LEG after Hikaru Sulu, played by the iconic George Takei.08 Sep 2025 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lydrp5ucqs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3lxfnslwqu22cHappy Birthday to the Science Show, and congratulations, Robyn Williams, on this impressive milestone! Over its 50-year history, The Science Show has covered stories spanning the full expanse of scientific endeavour. https://radiotoday.com.au/abc-radio-nationals-the-science-show-celebrates-50-years-on-air/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMcLKFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgdZOZYP5MvP8Qif30Pe_psjgMeTTR7Dxd0tipeKBtGH9dp_NOjdo1-yqBb7_aem_8yNyjiK6Yjn5FUHRtTbSMQ27 Aug 2025 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfnslwqu22chttps://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3ltjzktg2bk27Today is Oliver Sacks’s birthday. He loved to celebrate birthdays by their corresponding element on the periodic table, and today would be his 92nd, or uraniumth, birthday!09 Jul 2025 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjzktg2bk27https://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3lpmpssldl22hWe are absolutely thrilled to bits that Dr. Oliver Wolf and the team at Bronx General Hospital will soon return to NBC — Brilliant Minds is bringing back the drama and heart for Season 2. The hit series is based on the life and work of Oliver Sacks. https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/brilliant-minds-season-2-everything-to-know-details20 May 2025 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmpssldl22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3low3dzsvrs2jWe recently came across this adorable photo of a young Oliver standing proudly in front of some tulips, somewhere in London. He went on to write: "As a writer, I find gardens essential to the creative process; as a physician, I take my patients to gardens whenever possible."11 May 2025 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3low3dzsvrs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3lo4tosr66s2mDo you remember where you first heard about Oliver Sacks? Perhaps Science Friday or Radiolab? Morning Edition? A Fresh Air interview with Terry Gross? Read about Oliver's experiences with public media, and how you can help support it before it's gone: https://www.oliversacks.com/support-public-media-before-its-gone/01 May 2025 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4tosr66s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3lloz5wzohc2oWe're celebrating J.S. Bach’s 340th birthday today with this photo of Oliver Sacks at his piano. He had a lifelong love of Bach's music and in Uncle Tungsten recalls being told that when asked at five years old what his favorite things in the world were, he answered "smoked salmon and Bach."31 Mar 2025 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lloz5wzohc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3lkc3lvsncc2yWe love this photo of Oliver Sacks with the great Robin Williams. Robin played Oliver in the 1990 film Awakenings and the two of them became close friends. Williams credited his role in “Awakenings” as a gift, as it allowed him to meet Sacks and delve into the workings of the human brain.13 Mar 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkc3lvsncc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3lk77uehil22vWe're excited to share that The Animated Mind of Oliver Sacks is part of The Nonfiction Hotlist, a selection of 24 films that have extraordinary creative potential and that need support to move forward. The feature documentary, directed and produced by Dempsey Rice, was chosen from 640 applications12 Mar 2025 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk77uehil22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3ljuzlifffc23Today we're celebrating one of the many women who inspired Oliver Sacks, his favorite "Auntie Len," Helena Landau. He describes in Uncle Tungsten and On the Move his deep attachment to his aunt, and how she taught him about botany and the mysteries of the Fibonacci sequence, among other things. 1/408 Mar 2025 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljuzlifffc23https://bsky.app/profile/oliversacks.bsky.social/post/3lhunih7hbc26Today is World Epilepsy Day, a day focused on raising awareness and reducing stigma epilepsy, which affects around 50 million people worldwide. Oliver Sacks wrote an entire chapter dedicated to epilepsy in “Hallucinations”. Get your copy here: https://www.oliversacks.com/oliver-sacks-books/hallucinations/11 Feb 2025 02:48 +0000at://did:plc:ejinvccushalkci2k2fndu7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhunih7hbc26