Oliver Sacks, a professor of neurology at the New York University School of Medicine, is the author of many books, including “Awakenings” and “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.” This is what he wrote recently regarding his impending passing which is beautifully brave. My Own Life Oliver Sacks on Learning He Has Terminal Cancer FEBRUARY 19, 2015  THE NEW YORK TIMES A MONTH ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health. At 81, I still swim a mile a day. But my luck has run out — a few […]