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Can I read Awakenings [Das Buch zum Film] = Zeit des Erwachens on EtoBox?

Awakenings [Das Buch zum Film] = Zeit des Erwachens by Oliver Sacks, Jonathan Davis is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Awakenings [Das Buch zum Film] = Zeit des Erwachens about?

This is the extraordinary account of a group of 20 patients, survivors of the great sleeping-sickness epidemic which swept the world in the 1920s, and the astonishing, explosive "awakening" effect they experienced 40 years later through a new drug L-DOPA administered by Dr Sacks. The stories he tells of these remarkable individuals are moving, often courageous and sometimes tragic. Through them he also explores the most general questions of health, disease, suffering, care and the human condition.

Who reads Awakenings [Das Buch zum Film] = Zeit des Erwachens?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Oliver Sacks, Jonathan Davis
Publisher
ROWOHLT Taschenbuch Verlag. ein Imprint von Rowohlt Verlag GmbH
Published
2002
Language
DE
ISBN
9783499188787
Category
science
Subjects
Fiction, Memoir, Science
Rating
4.08 / 5 (13 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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