Musicophilia eBook
SYNOPSIS
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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
DETAILS
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9780307267917 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Release Date: | September of 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | eBook |
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| Categories: |
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| EAN: | 9780307267917 |
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