by-the-rules doctor here — he’s playing a character inspired by Dr. OliverSacks, the path-breaking researcher and author who rose to fame in the 1970s and was once called the “poet laureate ...
OliverSacks is one of the few scientists who has accomplished this with his chosen subject matter, the brain: he skyrocketed to fame in 1973 with his book Awakenings and has remained a household ...