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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Oliver Sacks
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised & enlarged
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Pages: 448
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 1400033535
Dewey Decimal Number: 616
EAN: 9781400033539
ASIN: 1400033535
Publication Date: September 23, 2008 (In 15 Days)
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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." --Dave Callanan
Product Description
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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Musicophilia September 7, 2008
Oliver Sacks has written many books for lay people. As they all are, this book is informative, interesting, funny, personal. It shows how important music is to humankind. In case vignettes and in discussion Sacks shows how music affects us positively and sometimes, alas, negatively. It is throughout very compelling.
 Musicophilia August 24, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I received the book I ordered very promptly. It was in excellent condition just as stated by the seller. Thank you for such good service.
 disappointing August 23, 2008
I was intrigued by the topic, but the book itself was a disappointment. Lots of repetitive annecdotes that didn't provide much real insight. How do books like this get published?
great reading for anyone interested in the brain, the mind, and music July 30, 2008
This book is very readable even for those outside the scientific and medical communities. Sacks lends insights into the human mind and its physiological underpinnings by walking the reader through a series of cases studies, showcasing both the weird and wild things music does to our brains, as well as the weird and wild music that can be created by some very special brains. Perhaps most importantly, his case studies are not written in clinical, sterile prose, but in the language of a man genuinely infatuated with music and the human mind. His excitement is often contagious.
 Good Stuff, July 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I liked the book but i was expecting it to be more scientific and less theoretical. its got lots of words so as a techy, i skipped around a lot and used it more as a reference, thus... I recommend it as a reference book for anyone doing research in the music therapy realm.
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