“As a boy”

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July 15, 2015 | 1

In 2002, David Friedman thought of a question he wanted to ask Oliver Sacks, on the topic of 3D glasses and “pseudoscopic” vision. A week after he sent the letter, he received a typewritten reply, complete with diagrams. At The Morning News, a copy of the letter he received, along with background.

is a staff writer for The Millions and an MFA candidate at Johns Hopkins. Prior to coming to Baltimore, he studied literature and worked in IT while living in Dublin, Ireland. You can find him on Twitter at @tdbeckwith.

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One comment:

  1. Gained stereoscopic vision at 40? Huh. I don’t know what I’d do with stereoscopic vision. Given how much painting and photography is in my life, it may not be an advantage to achieve it.

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