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

Author: Sacks, OliverBrand: VintageColor: MulticolorEdition: Revised & enlargedBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 425Release Date: 23-09-2008Part Number: 9781400033539Details: Revised and Expanded With 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.EAN: 9781400033539Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.2 x 1.2 inchesLanguages: English