Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
by Sacks, Oliver
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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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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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17431
- Title
- Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
- Author
- Sacks, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
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