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"Ich wuchs in einem Haushalt voller Ärzte und medizinischer Gespräche auf – mein Vater und meine älteren Brüder waren Allgemeinärzte und meine Mutter Chirurgin. Viele Unterhaltungen bei Tisch drehten sich zwangsläufig um medizinische Themen, es ging aber nie nur um ‹Fälle›.
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Earnest, spare, classical in form and grave.
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Oliver Sacks
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 278
- Publisher
- Picador, Tian xia yuan jian chu ban gu fen you xian gong si, Picador USA
- Editions
- 20
- Language
- Portuguese, English, German, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780307473028
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Oliver Sacks (1933–2015) was a British neurologist, writer, and science communicator, known for making neurology accessible to the general public through his works. He spent much of his career in the United States, where he worked as a physician and university professor. His writings focused on real neurological cases and on the relationship between the brain, the mind, and human experience. His work was distinguished by combining scientific research with a close and humanistic perspective toward his patients. --- Oliver Sacks (1933-2015) fue un neurólogo, escritor y divulgador científico británico, conocido por acercar la neurología al público mediante sus obras. Desarrolló gran parte de su
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