The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NBC SERIES BRILLIANT MINDS In his most extraordinary book, the bestselling author of Awakenings and "poet laureate of medicine (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients inhabiting the compelling world of neurological disorders, from those who are no longer able to recognize common objects to those who gain extraordinary new skills.

Oliver Sacks has become the world's best-known neurologist. His case studies of b ...