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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition [Paperback] Sacks, Oliver

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition [Paperback] Sacks, Oliver

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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition [Paperback] Sacks, Oliver

by Sacks, Oliver

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ISBN 13
9781400033539
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Vintage, 2008-09-23. Paperback. Very Good. Good used book. Spine is slightly cocked, but not creased. Light reading wear to cover and a few page corners. Six pages have tiny bend to side outer page edges.

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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. 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.

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Title
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition [Paperback] Sacks, Oliver
Author
Sacks, Oliver
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Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
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ISBN 10
1400033535
ISBN 13
9781400033539
Publisher
Vintage
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2008-09-23

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