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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Oliver Sacks
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Description for Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Paperback. From the bestselling author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 145 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320.
`A humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for us. This book is filled with wonders' Daily Telegraph Oliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own minds. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians and everyday people - those struck by affliction, unusual talent and even, in one case, by lightning - to show not only that music ... Read more
`A humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for us. This book is filled with wonders' Daily Telegraph Oliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own minds. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians and everyday people - those struck by affliction, unusual talent and even, in one case, by lightning - to show not only that music ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Picador USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330523592
SKU
V9780330523592
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99-9
About Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks is a physician and the author of many books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings (which inspired the Oscar-nominated film) and Musicophilia. Born in London and educated at Oxford, he held positions at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine and was Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry ... Read more
Reviews for Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
An elegantly outlined series of case studies . . . which reveal the depth to which music grips so many people.
Observer
Fascinating. Music, as Sacks explains, 'can pierce the heart directly'. And this is the truth that he so brilliantly focuses upon - that music saves, consoles and nourishes us.
Daily Mail
Observer
Fascinating. Music, as Sacks explains, 'can pierce the heart directly'. And this is the truth that he so brilliantly focuses upon - that music saves, consoles and nourishes us.
Daily Mail