Happy birthday, good Dr. Sacks

July 22, 2013

Oliver Sacks (credit: Andy Mills)

“One of our favorite human beings turns 80 this week. To celebrate, Robert [Krulwich, co-host of Radiolab] asks Oliver Sacks to look back on his career, and explain how thousands of worms and a motorbike accident led to a brilliant writing career.”

Radiolab

More Oliver:

Awakenings: The 1990 movie based on Oliver’s book of the same name.

The Joy of Old Age. (No Kidding.): Oliver Sacks reflects on his life, and turning 80, in the New York Times

Brilliant, funny, and inspiring — Editor