Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
by Sacks, Oliver | New BookDescription
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - 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. "Powerful and compassionate. . . . A book that not only contributes to our understanding of the elusive magic of music but also illuminates the strange workings, and misfirings, of the human mind." --The New York Times 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.
| Author(s): | Sacks, Oliver |
|---|---|
| Book Type: | New Book |
| Format: | Paperback |
| ISBN-10: | 1400033535 |
| EAN: | 9781400033539 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Publication Date: | 2008-09-23 |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Weight: | 1.04 Pounds |
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