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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Sacks, Oliver W.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400040817
ISBN-13
9781400040810
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59052342
Product Key Features
Book Title
Musicophilia : Tales of Music and the Brain
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology), Creative Ability, Neuropsychology
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Yes
Genre
Music, Science, Psychology
Format
Hardcover
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1.3 in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.2 in
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Intended Audience
Trade
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2007-006810
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22
Reviews
"Curious, cultured, caring, in his person Sacks justifies the medical profession and, one is tempted to say, the human race . . . Sacks is, in short, the ideal exponent of the view that responsiveness to music is intrinsic to our makeup. He is also the ideal guide to the territory he covers.Musicophiliaallows readers to join Sacks where he is most alive, amid melodies and with his patients." Peter D. Kramer,The Washington Post "Readers will be grateful that Sacks . . . is happy to revel in phenomena that he cannot yet explain." The New York Times "The persuasive essays about composers, patients, savants, and ordinary people . . . offer captivating variations on the central premise that human beings are 'exquisitely tuned' to the illuminating yet ultimately mysterious powers of music." Elle "The underlying authority ofMusicophilialies in the warmth and easy command of the author's voice. Sacks has an expert bedside manner: informed but humble, self-questioning, literary without being self-conscious . . . his prose [is] passionate and informative." The Los Angeles Times "With the exception of Lewis Thomas, no physician has ever written better about his trade." Salon "A gifted writer and a neurologist, Sacks spins one fascinating tale after another to show what happens when music and the brain mix it up." Newsweek "Luminous, original, and indispensable . . .Musicophiliais like a concert of Mozart's mazurkas: fast, inventive and weirdly beautiful . . . yet what is most inspiring is his empathy." American Scholar "Like the case studies that informed and appeared in his previous books,The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a HatandAwakenings(which inspired the Oscar-nominated film by the same name), [inMusicophilia] Dr. Sacks guides readers through the fascinating, disturbing, inspiring stories of clinical dilemmas he encounters . . . Evocative, thought-provoking and compassionate beyond measure, this is a book to cherish." The Washington Times "InMusicophilia, Sacks. . . shares the extraordinary stories of people whose personal worlds have been transformed by music." The Toronto Star "Sacks is the consummate storyteller . . . his great giftas a physician as well as a writeris to see the whole person, rather than just the brain or the disease. "Sacks is an unparalleled chronicler of modern medicine, and fans of his work will find much to enjoy when he turns his prodigious talent for observation to music and its relationship to the brain . . . This book leaves one a little more attuned to the remarkable complexity of human beings, and a bit more conscious of the role of music in our lives." Publishers Weekly "Neurologist Sacks, one of the foremost physician-essayists of the day, charmingly argues that music is essential to being human in ways that have only begun to be understood. . . His customary erudition and fellow-feeling ensure that, no matter how clinical the discussion becomes, it remains, like the music of Mozart, accessible and congenial." Booklist "If we could prescribe what our physicians would be like, a good number of us would probably choose somebody like Sacks. Learned, endlessly inquisitive and seemingly possessed of a bottomless store of human compassion, the neurologist's authorial personality both reassures and arouses curiosity . . . Sacks is as good a guide to this mys, "Dr. Sacks writes not just as a doctor and a scientist but also as a humanist with a philosophical and literary bent. . . [his] book not only contributes to our understanding of the elusive magic of music but also illuminates the strange workings, and misfirings, of the human mind." Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Oliver Sacks turns his formidable attention to music and the brain . . . He doesn't stint on the science . . . but the underlying authority of Musicophilia lies in the warmth and easy command of the author's voice." Mark Coleman, Los Angeles Times "His work is luminous, original, and indispensable . . . Musicophilia is a Chopin mazurka recital of a book, fast, inventive and weirdly beautiful . . . Yet what is most awe-inspiring is his observational empathy." American Scholar "Curious, cultured, caring, in his person Sacks justifies the medical profession and, one is tempted to say, the human race . . . Sacks is, in short, the ideal exponent of the view that responsiveness to music is intrinsic to our makeup. He is also the ideal guide to the territory he covers. Musicophilia allows readers to join Sacks where he is most alive, amid melodies and with his patients." Peter D. Kramer, The Washington Post "Readers will be grateful that Sacks . . . is happy to revel in phenomena that he cannot yet explain." The New York Times Book Review "The persuasive essays about composers, patients, savants, and ordinary people . . . offer captivating variations on the central premise that human beings are 'exquisitely tuned' to the illuminating yet ultimately mysterious powers of music." Elle "With the exception of Lewis Thomas, no physician has ever written better about his trade." Salon "A gifted writer and a neurologist, Sacks spins one fascinating tale after another to show what happens when music and the brain mix it up." Newsweek From the Hardcover edition., "Dr. Sacks writes not just as a doctor and a scientist but also as a humanist with a philosophical and literary bent. . . [his] book not only contributes to our understanding of the elusive magic of music but also illuminates the strange workings, and misfirings, of the human mind." Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Oliver Sacks turns his formidable attention to music and the brain . . . He doesn't stint on the science . . . but the underlying authority of Musicophilia lies in the warmth and easy command of the author's voice." Mark Coleman, Los Angeles Times "His work is luminous, original, and indispensable . . . Musicophilia is a Chopin mazurka recital of a book, fast, inventive and weirdly beautiful . . . Yet what is most awe-inspiring is his observational empathy." American Scholar "Curious, cultured, caring, in his person Sacks justifies the medical profession and, one is tempted to say, the human race . . . Sacks is, in short, the ideal exponent of the view that responsiveness to music is intrinsic to our makeup. He is also the ideal guide to the territory he covers. Musicophilia allows readers to join Sacks where he is most alive, amid melodies and with his patients." Peter D. Kramer, The Washington Post "Readers will be grateful that Sacks . . . is happy to revel in phenomena that he cannot yet explain." The New York Times Book Review "The persuasive essays about composers, patients, savants, and ordinary people . . . offer captivating variations on the central premise that human beings are 'exquisitely tuned' to the illuminating yet ultimately mysterious powers of music." Elle "With the exception of Lewis Thomas, no physician has ever written better about his trade." Salon "A gifted writer and a neurologist, Sacks spins one fascinating tale after another to show what happens when music and the brain mix it up." Newsweek
Dewey Decimal
781/.11
Table Of Content
Preface Part I: Haunted by Music 1. A Bolt from the Blue: Sudden Musicophilia 2. A Strangely Familiar Feeling: Musical Seizures 3. Fear of Music: Musicogenic Epilepsy 4. Music on the Brain: Imagery and Imagination 5. Brainworms, Sticky Music, and Catchy Tunes 6. Musical Hallucinations Part II: A Range of Musicality 7. Sense and Sensibility: A Range of Musicality 8. Things Fall Apart: Amusia and Dysharmonia 9. Papa Blows His Nose in G: Absolute Pitch 10. Pitch Imperfect: Cochlear Amusia 11. In Living Stereo: Why We Have Two Ears 12. Two Thousand Operas: Musical Savants 13. An Auditory World: Music and Blindness 14. The Key of Clear Green: Synesthesia and Music Part III: Memory, Movement, and Music 15. In the Moment: Music and Amnesia 16. Speech and Song: Aphasia and Music Therapy 17. Accidental Davening: Dyskinesia and Cantillation 18. Come Together: Music and Tourette's Syndrome 19. Keeping Time: Rhythm and Movement 20. Kinetic Melody: Parkinson's Disease and Music Therapy 21. Phantom Fingers: The Case of the One-Armed Pianist 22. Athletes of the Small Muscles: Musician's Dystonia Part IV: Emotion, Identity, and Music 23. Awake and Asleep: Musical Dreams 24. Seduction and Indifference 25. Lamentations: Music and Depression 26. The Case of Harry S.: Music and Emotion 27. Irrepressible: Music and the Temporal Lobes 28. A Hypermusical Species: Williams Syndrome 29. Music and Identity: Dementia and Music Therapy Acknowledgments Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does-humans are a musical species. Oliver Sacks's compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people-from a man who is struck by lightning and suddenly inspired to become a pianist at the age of forty-two, to an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; from people with "amusia," to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans, to a man whose memory spans only seven seconds-for everything but music. Our exquisite sensitivity to music can sometimes go wrong: Sacks explores how catchy tunes can subject us to hours of mental replay, and how a surprising number of people acquire nonstop musical hallucinations that assault them night and day. Yet far more frequently, music goes right: Sacks describes how music can animate people with Parkinson's disease who cannot otherwise move, give words to stroke patients who cannot otherwise speak, and calm and organize people whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer's or amnesia. Music is irresistible, haunting, and unforgettable, and in Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks tells us why.
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ML3830.S13 2007
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