The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by:
Oliver Sacks (author)
A major bestseller and already acclaimed as a science classic, this collection of 20 true tales of individuals stricken with astonishing neurological disorders has sold over 70,000 copies. (Pscyhology)
A major bestseller and already acclaimed as a science classic, this collection of 20 true tales of individuals stricken with astonishing neurological disorders has sold over 70,000 copies. (Pscyhology)
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060970796 (0060970790)
Publish date: January 1st 1986
Publisher: Harper & Row (NYC)
Pages no: 243
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
Science,
Popular Science,
Biology,
Health,
Medical,
Psychology,
Medicine,
Neuroscience,
Short Stories
Really interesting presentation of different neurological conditions, if quite unstructured at times. Some of the language felt fairly dated, but overall I loved the positivism of the author and would definitely like to read more from him.
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This book is truly enthralling. I enjoyed it very much. It tells stories of people who we wouldn't imagine they even exist. But .. I have to admit that at some point I felt really bored!Nevertheless, it is definitely worth reading.
Too bad there's no bittersweet emoji. (And ironic that a website that dedicates itself to the discussion of books would want us to distill our ideas about a thing made of many words to a little yellow circle. Aren't we all here to avoid this?) Anyway. This is Oliver Sacks love letter to the worl...
I only took off a star because I'm not a doctor and don't know what all of the medical terms mean, which meant that a lot of the value of the book was gone for me. Nevermind.
And how a man could not tell object from person that inspired the title. Good one. Read it a long long time ago. But still important.
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