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By Jack Linshi
High-profile scientists and writers honored the life of Oliver Sacks on Sunday, tweeting quotes, memories and farewells to the neurologist and acclaimed author who has died at 82, months after announcing his diagnosis with terminal cancer.
Sacks was famous for writing popular, understandable books based on his work, including “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.”
From surgeon-writer Atul Gawande to digital media scientist Michael Hawley, see eight high-profile figures paying tribute to the life of Sacks:
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