Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
of Oliver Sacks
Description
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 âmusical misalignments.â 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 âamusia,â 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 Sacksâ latest masterpiece.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400 pages
- Publisher Knopf Canada
- Publication Date October 16th 2007
- First Publication 10/28/07
- Language English
- ISBN 9780676979787
- Edition Not informed
- Category Non-Fiction
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