{"product_id":"theriver-of-consciousness","title":"The River Of Consciousness","description":"Reading A Book Published After Its Authors Death, Especially If He Is As Prodigiously Alive On Every Page As Oliver Sacks, As Curious, Avid And Thrillingly Fluent, \u003cb\u003eBrings Both The Joy Of Hearing From Him Again, And The Regret Of Knowing It Will Likely Be The Last Time\u003c\/b\u003e . . . [The] Combination Of Wonder, Passion And Gratitude Never Seemed To Flag In Sacks’S Life; Everything He Wrote Was Lit With It. But It Was His Openness To New Ideas And Experiences, And His Vision Of Change As The Most Human Of Biological Processes That Synthesized All Of His Workmillions Of Sacks’S Books Have Been Printed Around The World, And He Once Spoke Of Receiving 200 Letters A Week From Admirers. For Those Thousands Of Correspondents, \u003ci\u003eThe River Of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e Will Feel Like A Reprieve – We Get To Spend Time Again With Sacks The Botanist, The Historian Of Science, The Marine Biologist And, Of Course, The Neurologistan Incisive And Generous Inquiry Into Human Nature[Sacks’S] Accumulated Wisdom Of Our Experience Of Time And Consciousness Makes A \u003cb\u003eMarvellous \u003c\/b\u003eDiscrete Series Of Meditations – And A \u003cb\u003eProfoundly Moving\u003c\/b\u003e One, Since Several Of These Pieces Were Written With The Knowledge That His Experience Of Both Mysteries Was Soon Coming To An End\u003cb\u003eCompelling \u003c\/b\u003e. . . Sacks Invites Readers Into His Mind Where They Can Experience The World From His Unusually Insightful Perspective\u003cb\u003eA Fascinating Book\u003c\/b\u003eSacks Continues In This Latest Collection To Focus On Questions Over Answers; The Result Is A Work That Leaves Plenty Of Room For Possibility Beyond What Might Be Immediately Observed . . . \u003cb\u003eIntellectually, Sacks Is, At Heart, A Philosopher\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Writer Of Eloquence\u003c\/b\u003e, He Was Always Ready To See His Medical Specialist In Reaction To The World And Humanity . . . His Greatest Reverence Is For The Human Mind\u003cb\u003eA Joy To Read: A Delicious Supply Of Information And Commentary Organized By A Gifted Writer Of A Curious And Humane Intelligence\u003c\/b\u003eReveals Sacks As A Gleeful Polymath And An Inveterate Seeker Of Meaning In The Mold Of Darwin And His Other Scientific Heroes Sigmund Freud And William James . . . As This Volume Reminds Us, \u003cb\u003eIn Losing Sacks We Lost A Gifted And Generous Storyteller\u003c\/b\u003eTrue To Its Title, The Book Is Dictated By A Flood Of Mental Energy, Thus It Is More Than Mere Sentimentality To Say That, More Than Two Years After His Death, Sacks’S Spirit Still Courses Through Us. Long May It Flowfans Of The Late Neurologist Have Another Chance To Enjoy This Erudite, Compassionate Storyteller, Essayist, And Memoirist . . . This Collection Of 10 Essays, Some Of Which Appeared Previously In \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Review Of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, Was Assembled By Three Colleagues From An Outline Provided By Sacks Two Weeks Before His Death In 2015 . . . A Collection Of Dissimilar Pieces That Reveal The Scope Of The Author’S Interests—Sometimes Challenging, Always Rewardingbrilliant, Beautiful, And Funny . . . Sacks Was One Of The Finest Science Writers – Well Read, Scientifically Exact And Literary . . . This Collection Meets The Standard Of His Previous Work . . . Sacks's Love Of The Natural World As Well As The Human One Is Contagious. The Breadth Of His Interests Encourages His Readers To Expand Their Own Horizons . . . His Curiosity And Erudition, And His Joy In Both Intellectual And Physical Life Are In Full Bloom On These Pagesthe Reader Is In Thrall To Sacks's Ability To Braid Wide Reading, Research  And Experience With His Neurology Patients To Reach Original And Subtle Conclusions . . . Darwin And Sacks, With Their Expansive Abilities To Look Deeply Into Small Matters And Uncover, With Evident Delight, Large Truths, Seem Like Brothers Separated By A Mere Centuryreaders Who Encountered [Sacks's] Mind Through \u003ci\u003eAwakenings \u003c\/i\u003eMind \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat \u003c\/i\u003eWill Be Delighted By These Piecesfascinating . . . Meditative . . . A Useful Introduction To His Restless Intellect And Elegant Sentences And A Tribute To His Scientific And Philosophical Heroes: Darwin, Freud And William James[Sacks] Examines The Fallibility Of Memory, The Nature Of Creativity, The Still Monumental Insights Of Charles Darwin, And More - All With His Characteristic Sensitivity And Spirit Of Optimisman Exuberant, Fascinating Reminder Of The Brilliant Neuroscientist Who Opened Our Eyes To Hidden Worlds . . . [A] Wonder-Filled Collectionreflects The Agility Of Sacks's Enthusiasms, Moving From Forgetting And Neglect In Science To Freud's Early Work On The Neuroanatomy Of Fish . . . Offer[S] A More Humane Version Of What Communion Between The Specialties Might Bringthe Writings Are Stitched Through With Sacks's Characteristic Curiosity And Verve, Weaving Esoteric Research, Incisive Observations, And Intimate Anecdotes Into Lucid Expositions On The Natural World And Those Who Seek To Understand Itthe Warm Genius Of Oliver Sacks Comes Alive . . . Sacks Brings The Friendly Curiosity For Which He Is So Beloved To This Ultimate Testing Ground Of Character, Emerging Once More As The Brilliant, Lovable Human He Was\u003ci\u003eThe River Of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e Is A Remarkable Culmination Of A Lifetime's Research Into The Way The Brain Works By The Celebrated Late Neurologist Oliver Sacks.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo Weeks Before His Death, Oliver Sacks Outlined The Contents Of \u003ci\u003eThe River Of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e, The Last Book He Would Oversee . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bestselling Author Of \u003ci\u003eOn The Move, Musicophilia, \u003c\/i\u003eAnd\u003ci\u003e The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat\u003c\/i\u003e, Sacks Is Known For His Illuminating Case Histories About People Living With Neurological Conditions At The Far Borderlands Of Human Experience. But His Grasp Of Science Was Not Restricted To Neuroscience Or Medicine; He Was Fascinated By The Issues, Ideas, And Questions Of All The Sciences. That Wide-Ranging Expertise And Passion Informs The Perspective Of This Book, In Which He Interrogates The Nature Not Only Of Human Experience But Of All Life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe River Of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Sacks Takes On Evolution, Botany, Chemistry, Medicine, Neuroscience, And The Arts, And Calls Upon His Great Scientific And Creative Heroes – Above All, Darwin, Freud, And William James. For Sacks, These Thinkers Were Constant Companions From An Early Age; The Questions They Explored – The Meaning Of Evolution, The Roots Of Creativity, And The Nature Of Consciousness – Lie At The Heart Of Science And Of This Book. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe River Of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e Demonstrates Sacks’S Unparalleled Ability To Make Unexpected Connections, His Sheer Joy In Knowledge, And His Unceasing, Timeless Endeavor To Understand What Makes Us Human.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOliver Sacks Was Born In 1933 In London And Was Educated At Queen's College, Oxford. He Completed His Medical Training At San Francisco's Mount Zion Hospital And At Ucla Before Moving To New York, Where He Soon Encountered The Patients Whom He Would Write About In His Book \u003ci\u003eAwakenings\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Sacks Spent Almost Fifty Years Working As A Neurologist And Wrote Many Books, Including \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMusicophilia\u003c\/i\u003e, And \u003ci\u003eHallucinations\u003c\/i\u003e, About The Strange Neurological Predicaments And Conditions Of His Patients. The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Referred To Him As 'the Poet Laureate Of Medicine', And Over The Years He Received Many Awards, Including Honours From The Guggenheim Foundation, The National Science Foundation, The American Academy Of Arts And Letters, And The Royal College Of Physicians. In 2008, He Was Appointed Commander Of The British Empire. His Memoir, \u003ci\u003eOn The Move\u003c\/i\u003e, Was Published Shortly Before His Death In August 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crossword.in","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46738309939417,"sku":"BK0514371","price":618.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/3066\/9017\/files\/getimage_7da02b9c-ef53-4523-807e-317d78cbf014.jpg?v=1751189829","url":"https:\/\/www.crossword.in\/products\/theriver-of-consciousness","provider":"Crossword.in ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}