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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Revised, Expanded)

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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.

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Product Details

  • Vintage Brand
  • Sep 23, 2008 Pub Date:
  • 9781400033539 ISBN-13:
  • 1400033535 ISBN-10:
  • English Language
  • 7.98 in * 1.13 in * 5.2 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: