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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition

$7.49

Author Oliver Sacks

Format Paperback

Publisher Vintage

Category Psychology

Revised and ExpandedWith the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. In Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he calls “musical misalignments.” Among them: a man struck by lightning who suddenly desires to become a pianist at the age of forty-two; an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; people with “amusia,” to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans; and a man whose memory spans only seven seconds-for everything but music.Illuminating, inspiring, and utterly unforgettable, Musicophilia is Oliver Sacks' latest masterpiece.

Authors

Oliver Sacks

Additional Info

  • Release Date: 2008-09-23
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781400033539
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