musicophilia: tales of music and the brain
by oliver sacks
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9781400040810
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new york: alfred a. knopf. ISBN: 9781400040810. hardcover. book condition: some bumping to spine. near fine. jacket condition: fine.
Synopsis
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.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- 725
- Title
- musicophilia: tales of music and the brain
- Author
- oliver sacks
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1400040817
- ISBN 13
- 9781400040810
- Publisher
- alfred a. knopf
- Place of Publication
- new york
- Date Published
- 2007
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