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Oliver Sacks's Top Book Recommendations

Neurologist, Author

Want to know what books Oliver Sacks recommends on their reading list? We've researched interviews, social media posts, podcasts, and articles to build a comprehensive list of Oliver Sacks's favorite book recommendations of all time.

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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most popular work, with nearly 90,000 copies in print

Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress.

As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we...
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Recommended by Oliver Sacks, and 1 others.

Oliver SacksRobert M. Sapolsky is one of the best science writers of our time. (Source)

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