Oliver Sacks, one of the world's most beloved scientists and authors, passed away at his home in New York City Sunday morning.

Famed neurologist Oliver Sacks succumbed to cancer early this morning at his home in New York City. 


His life's work, both as a doctor and writer, achieved popular acclaim among scientists and left an indelible impact on both neurology and pop culture.


He was portrayed by Robin Williams in the Oscar-nominated film Awakenings, adapted from his book of the same name. 


Sacks was one of the early champions of the need to study the brain's chemical infrastructure. 


He was a scientist and a poet who often used his patients' maladies as points of departure into elegant explorations of th