Musicophilia : tales of music and the brain
Sacks, Oliver W.2008
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From the best-selling author of 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat', this book explores the ability of music to arouse, inspire and comfort us. Sacks explores this phenomenon through various unusual case studies, including that of a man struck by lightning who subsequently became obsessed with Chopin.
Main title:
Musicophilia : tales of music and the brain / Oliver Sacks.
Author:
Edition:
Rev. and expanded [ed.].
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2008.
Collation:
xv, 425 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: New York: Knopf; London: Picador, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-409) and index.
ISBN:
9780330418386 (pbk)0330418386 (pbk)
Dewey class:
781.1'1781.11
Local class:
781.11
Language:
English
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BRN:
1748323