In beginning with boyhood reminiscences on reading H.G. Wells' "Time Machine" (fast motion) and "The New Accelerator" (slowed down, via a perception altering drug, this article is both thought-provoking and sometimes profound.
One fascinating parallel Sacks discusses is that between advances in film and photographic technique in the late 19th century by people like Eadward Muybridge (creator of the famous horse-running photos where no foot touches the ground) which was based on the work of French physiologist Etienne-Jules Marey