The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

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First published 1985

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Clinical tales of what happens when the brain goes wrong.

The author

Oliver Sacks

1933–2015 · British neurologist and writer

Professor at Columbia
Professor at NYU

Profession: Physician, Chemist, Professor
Worked at: NYU, Columbia, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, University of Warwick
Studied at: Oxford
Prizes: Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2013), Hawthornden Prize (1974), Oskar Pfister Award (1988), George Polk Award (1993), Lewis Thomas Prize (2001), Bodley Medal (2003), Emperor Has No Clothes Award (2005)

Turned his patients' stories into bestsellers like Awakenings.

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Editions

62 editions · 4 hardcover, 26 paperback · 9 languages

First published 1985

Earliest edition listed: 1980 · Pan Books · Paperback

1980 · Pan Books · Paperback · ISBN 9780330918565
1985 · Duckworth · ISBN 9780715620670
1985 · Duckworth · ISBN 9780715620670
1985 · Summit Books · ISBN 9780671554712
1985 · Summit books (us)
1986 · HarperPerennial · ISBN 9780060970796
1986 · J. Curley · ISBN 9781555042653
1986 · Picador · ISBN 9780330294911

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1986 · Picador · ISBN 9780330294911
1987 · Muchnik · Paperback · 1a ed. · Spanish · ISBN 9788476690444
1987 · Perennial Library · 1st Perennial Library ed. · ISBN 9780060970796
1988 · Seuil · French · ISBN 9782020101011
1988 · Harper & Row · ISBN 9780060970796
1990 · Seuil · Paperback · French · ISBN 9782020122238
1990 · Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag · Paperback · German · ISBN 9783499187803
1990 · Harper Audio · Audio Cassette · ISBN 9781559943680
1990 · Perennial Library · 1st HarperPerennial ed. -- · ISBN 9780060970796
1991 · Muchnik · Paperback · 2a ed. · Spanish · ISBN 9788476690444
1991 · Rowohlt · Taschenbuch · 51.-70. Tsd. · German · ISBN 9783499187803
1992 · Seuil · Mass Market Paperback · French · ISBN 9782020146302
1996 · Tian xia wen hua chu ban gu fen you xian gong si · Di 1 ban · Chinese · ISBN 9789576213366
1997 · Companhia das Letras · Paperback · 1 edition · Portuguese · ISBN 9788571646896
1997 · Meulenhoff · 15e dr. · Dutch · ISBN 9789029054737
1997 · Addison Wesley Publishing Company · Textbook Binding · 1 edition · ISBN 9780673976505
1998 · Muchnik · Paperback · 3a ed. · Spanish · ISBN 9788476690444
1998 · Océano · Paperback · Spanish · ISBN 9789706511508
1998 · Simon & Schuster · ISBN 9780684853949
1998 · Simon & Schuster · Paperback · ISBN 9780684853949
1998 · Simon & Schuster · 1st Touchstone ed. · ISBN 9780684853949
1998 · Simon & Schuster · 1st Touchstone ed. · ISBN 9780684853949
2000 · Muchnik · Paperback · Spanish · ISBN 9788476694213
2001 · Proa · Paperback · ISBN 9788484372424
2001 · Proa · Paperback · ISBN 9788484372424
2001 · Adelphi · Paperback · Italian · ISBN 9788845916250
2002 · Anagrama · Paperback · Spanish · ISBN 9788433961716
2003 · Yapi Kredi Yayinlari · Paperback · ISBN 9789753635103
2003 · Anagrama · Paperback · 4a ed. · Spanish · ISBN 9788433961716
2004 · Anagrama · Paperback · 5a ed. · Spanish · ISBN 9788433961716
2005 · Humanitas · ISBN 9789735008536
2006 · SPIEGEL-Verlag · Hardcover · Lizenzausgabe · German · ISBN 9783877630129
2006 · Science Press · Russian · ISBN 9785902626015
2006 · Simon & Schuster · Hardcover · ISBN 9781416542780
2007 · Meulenhoff · 24e dr. · Dutch · ISBN 9789029080675
2008 · Anagrama · Paperback · Spanish · ISBN 9788433973382
2008 · Paw Prints 2008-06-26 · Library Binding · ISBN 9781439503058
2009 · Anagrama · Hardcover · Spanish · ISBN 9788447364404
2009 · labutxaca · Mass Market Paperback · ISBN 9788492549986
2009 · Anagrama · Paperback · Spanish · ISBN 9788433973382
2011 · Picador USA · Paperback · ISBN 9780330523622
2012 · Brilliance Audio · Audio Cd · ISBN 9781455883998
2013 · Universidad Autónoma de México · Paperback · Spanish · ISBN 9786077720249
2013 · Adelphi · Ebook · Italian · ISBN 9788845973437
2014 · Brilliance Audio · Mp3 Cd · ISBN 9781491514078
2015 · Pan Macmillan · ISBN 9781447275404
2019 · Anagrama · Paperback · Spanish · ISBN 9788433902269
2021 · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · ISBN 9780593466681
2021 · Vintage · Paperback · ISBN 9780593466674
2022 · Pan Macmillan · ISBN 9781529077292
2023 · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · ISBN 9781101908310
2023 · Everyman · ISBN 9781841594132
Paperback · ISBN 9789029099103
HarperCollings · ISBN 9780060970796

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Subjects

Neuroscience Psychology