Oliver Sacks,: Musicophilia : Tales of Music and the Brain

Musicophilia : Tales of Music and the Brain


Description

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. "


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Author: Oliver Sacks,
Number of Pages: 425 pages
Published Date: 23 Dec 2011
Publisher: Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)
Publication Country: Colorado, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781400033539
Download Link: Click Here
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