In 'Musicophilia', Oliver Sacks explored music and the brain. Now, in 'The Mind's Eye', he writes about the myriad ways in which we experience the visual world.
In 'Musicophilia', Oliver Sacks explored music and the brain. Now, in 'The Mind's Eye', he writes about the myriad ways in which we experience the vis...
This sequel to 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat' contains portraits of 7 of Sack's neurological case studies. These people show us a new perspective on the way our brains construct our individual worlds.
This sequel to 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat' contains portraits of 7 of Sack's neurological case studies. These people show us a new perspe...
Sacks explores the world of the deaf. He looks at the history and culture of deaf people, and goes on to consider how the study of sign language can aid the understanding of language in general.
Sacks explores the world of the deaf. He looks at the history and culture of deaf people, and goes on to consider how the study of sign language can a...
On the South Pacific atoll of Pingelap, Sacks finds that a startlingly high proportion of the population is colour-blind. On Guam, an endemic neurogenerative disease is linked to the island's cycads which form the islanders' staple diet.
On the South Pacific atoll of Pingelap, Sacks finds that a startlingly high proportion of the population is colour-blind. On Guam, an endemic neurogen...
As Dr Sacks looked back over his long, adventurous life his final thoughts were of gratitude. In a series of remarkable, beautifully written and uplifting meditations, Dr Sacks reflects on and gives thanks for a life well lived, and expresses his thoughts on growing old, facing terminal cancer and reaching the end.
As Dr Sacks looked back over his long, adventurous life his final thoughts were of gratitude. In a series of remarkable, beautifully written and uplif...
Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the last book he would oversee. The best-selling author of On the Move, Musicophilia, and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Sacks is known for his illuminating case histories about people living with neurological conditions at the far borderlands of human experience. But his grasp of science was not restricted to neuroscience or medicine; he was fascinated by the issues, ideas, and questions of all the sciences. That wide-ranging expertise and passion informs the perspective of this book, in...
Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the last book he would oversee. The best-selling author ...
Sbírka různorodých esejů, která je oslavou lidské zvědavosti. Přední světový neurolog Oliver Sacks v ní nahlíží z různých úhlů na svůj život a vzpomíná zejména na to, co jej nejvíc ovlivnilo. Přibližuje své dětství, kdy se poprvé zamiloval do sodíku, draslíku a chlóru a začal provádět první pokusy (někdy ne zcela povedené, jak dokazovala exploze sklenic se špatně zakonzervovanými kvasícími sépiemi), získává první zkušenosti se čtením a knihovnami (knihovna v rodném domě byla jeho nejoblíbenější místností, soupeřila pouze s...
Sbírka různorodých esejů, která je oslavou lidské zvědavosti. Přední světový neurolog Oliver Sacks v ní nahlíží z různých úhlů na s...
