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Musicophilia

By Oliver Sacks

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Musicophilia

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
425
Release Date:
2008-09-23
Publication Date:
2008-09-30
Publisher:
Random House LLC US
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1400033535
ISBN13:
9781400033539
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
455 g
Height:
133 cm
Width:
200 cm
Thickness:
32 cm

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