Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition Author: Visit Amazon's Oliver Sacks Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1400033535 | Format: PDF
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition Description
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Amazon Best of the Month, December 2007: Legendary R&B icon Ray Charles claimed that he was "born with music inside me," and neurologist Oliver Sacks believes Ray may have been right.
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain examines the extreme effects of music on the human brain and how lives can be utterly transformed by the simplest of harmonies. With clinical studies covering the tragic (individuals afflicted by an inability to connect with any melody) and triumphant (Alzheimer's patients who find order and comfort through music), Sacks provides an erudite look at the notion that humans are truly a "musical species."
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From Publishers Weekly
Neurologist and professor Sacks, best known for his books Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, dedicates his latest effort to the relationship between music and unusual brain disorders. Embracing the notion that neurology is an inherently British phenomenon, foreign to the New World, Sacks's book is read by impeccably polished actor Prebble (PW's 2006 Narrator of the Year). As befitting so urbane and smooth a reader, Prebble sounds as if his shirt had just been starched and his lab coat carefully pressed before beginning. With nary a word out of place, Prebble steps onto the stage, playing the good Dr. Sacks for this one-time-only performance. Simultaneous release with the Knopf hardcover (Reviews, Aug. 27).
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- Paperback: 425 pages
- Publisher: Vintage; Revised & enlarged edition (September 23, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1400033535
- ISBN-13: 978-1400033539
- Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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