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Musicophilia
Tales of Music and the Brain
Taschenbuch von Oliver Sacks
Sprache: Englisch

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'A humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for us. This book is filled with wonders' Daily Telegraph

Oliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own minds. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians and everyday people - those struck by affliction, unusual talent and even, in one case, by lightning - to show not only that music occupies more areas of our brain than language does, but also that it can torment, calm, organize and heal. Always wise and compellingly readable, these stories alter our conception of who we are and how we function, and show us an essential part of what it is to be human.

'A humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for us. This book is filled with wonders' Daily Telegraph

Oliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own minds. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians and everyday people - those struck by affliction, unusual talent and even, in one case, by lightning - to show not only that music occupies more areas of our brain than language does, but also that it can torment, calm, organize and heal. Always wise and compellingly readable, these stories alter our conception of who we are and how we function, and show us an essential part of what it is to be human.

Über den Autor

Oliver Sacks was born in 1933 in London and was educated at the Queen's College, Oxford. He completed his medical training at San Francisco's Mount Zion Hospital and at UCLA before moving to New York, where he soon encountered the patients whom he would write about in his book Awakenings.

Dr Sacks spent almost fifty years working as a neurologist and wrote many books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia, and Hallucinations, about the strange neurological predicaments and conditions of his patients. The New York Times referred to him as 'the poet laureate of medicine', and over the years he received many awards, including honours from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Royal College of Physicians. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire. His memoir, On the Move, was published shortly before his death in August 2015.

Zusammenfassung
From the bestselling author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Übersetzungstitel: Der einarmige Pianist
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780330523592
ISBN-10: 0330523597
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sacks, Oliver
Auflage: New edition
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Picador
Maße: 195 x 130 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Oliver Sacks
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.09.2011
Gewicht: 0,312 kg
Artikel-ID: 107089569
Über den Autor

Oliver Sacks was born in 1933 in London and was educated at the Queen's College, Oxford. He completed his medical training at San Francisco's Mount Zion Hospital and at UCLA before moving to New York, where he soon encountered the patients whom he would write about in his book Awakenings.

Dr Sacks spent almost fifty years working as a neurologist and wrote many books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia, and Hallucinations, about the strange neurological predicaments and conditions of his patients. The New York Times referred to him as 'the poet laureate of medicine', and over the years he received many awards, including honours from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Royal College of Physicians. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire. His memoir, On the Move, was published shortly before his death in August 2015.

Zusammenfassung
From the bestselling author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Übersetzungstitel: Der einarmige Pianist
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780330523592
ISBN-10: 0330523597
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sacks, Oliver
Auflage: New edition
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Picador
Maße: 195 x 130 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Oliver Sacks
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.09.2011
Gewicht: 0,312 kg
Artikel-ID: 107089569
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