The ever-interesting Oliver Sacks is interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air where he discusses cases from his new book on the extremes of visual perception.
If you’re a fan of Sacks’ work, like me, this programme is an absolute treat as the conversation ranges from the science of misrecognition to his own quite recent experiences of visual distortion caused by a type of tumour, a melanoma, which developed in his eye.
Needless to say, there are plenty of interesting diversions on the way and some quite personal moments interwoven with discussion on themes from The Mind’s Eye – which is apparently out today.
The NPR website has an excerpt from the book if you want a taster and Sacks is also about to start a brief book tour hitting a few cities in the US.
Link to NPR interview with Oliver Sacks.
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