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Author: Oliver Sacks
Edition: Revised & enlarged
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1400033535
Category: Medical

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

Revised and ExpandedWith 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. Download Musicophilia medical books for free.
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 Get Musicophilia our bestseller medical books.

Musicophilia Free

In Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he calls "musical misalignments Illuminating, inspiring, and utterly unforgettable, Musicophilia is Oliver

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