Oliver Sacks: neurologist, writer, and now artist
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Neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks has been appointed by Columbia University as its first Columbia artist, reports The New York Times. Best known for his books The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat and Awakenings, Sacks will work across Columbia's departments - his appointment an effort to bridge the gap between the study of neuroscience and other disciplines in which scholars work to understand human behavior, including economics, law and art history.Neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks has been appointed by Columbia University as its first Columbia artist, reports The New York Times. Best known for his books The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat and Awakenings, Sacks will work across Columbia's departments - his appointment an effort to bridge the gap between the study of neuroscience and other disciplines in which scholars work to understand human behavior, including economics, law and art history.