9781400033539-1400033535-Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition

ISBN-13: 9781400033539
ISBN-10: 1400033535
Edition: Revised & enlarged
Author: Oliver Sacks
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: Vintage
Format: Paperback 425 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781400033539
ISBN-10: 1400033535
Edition: Revised & enlarged
Author: Oliver Sacks
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: Vintage
Format: Paperback 425 pages

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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition (ISBN-13: 9781400033539 and ISBN-10: 1400033535), written by authors Oliver Sacks, was published by Vintage in 2008. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Reference (Music, Creativity & Genius, Psychology & Counseling, Neuropsychology, Music, Encyclopedias & Subject Guides) books. You can easily purchase or rent Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Reference books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.45.

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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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