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Dec. 27, 2013
Oliver Sacks and the Search for the Giant Squid
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In this archival interview from 1997, Oliver Sacks discusses his book The Island of the Colorblind. Then, the neurologist sits in on an interview with Clyde Roper, a Smithsonian zoologist who was trying to track down the fabled giant squid.
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Produced by Charles Bergquist, Director and Contributing Producer
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Oliver Sacks
Author, “The Island of the Colorblind” (Knopf, 1997)
Clinical Professor of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (at time of interview)
Professor of Neurology, NYU School of Medicine, and Visiting Professor, University of Warwick (current)
New York, New York
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Clyde Roper
Zoologist, National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
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