Revised and ExpandedWith 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...

"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved. I have been given much and I have given something in return. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in...

Hallucinations von Sacks, Oliver

"Was geschieht in unserem Kopf, wenn wir - ohne es zu wollen - phantastische Geschichten wahrnehmen oder Muster und Gestalten sehen? Wodurch unterscheiden sich solche Halluzinationen von realen Erfahrungen oder von Traumerlebnissen? Gibt...

Oaxaca Journal von Sacks, Oliver

'Oliver Sacks has become the world's best-known neurologist. His case studies of broken minds offer brilliant insight into the mysteries of consciousness' Guardian In his most extraordinary book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,...

From the best-selling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcase Sacks's broad range of interests-from his passion for ferns, swimming, and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring schizophrenia,...

"Originally published by National Geographic Society in March 2002"--T.p. verso. von Sacks, Oliver

"Bewusstseinsdämmerungen: Fallgeschichten zur Weckdroge L-Dopa" von Oliver Sacks ist eine Sammlung von Fallstudien, die sich auf Patienten konzentrieren, die an Parkinson-Krankheit und anderen neurologischen Störungen leiden. Das Buch...

In his previous books, Oliver Sacks had addressed questions of the brain and mind through the lens of case histories of individuals with neurological disorders. Recently, however, he had been reflecting on his experiences with such...

'If you did not think that gallium and iridium could move you, this superb book will change your mind' The TimesIn Uncle Tungsten Sacks evokes, with warmth and wit, his upbringing in wartime England. He tells of the large science-steeped...

"Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain" ist ein faszinierendes Werk von Oliver Sacks, das die komplexe Beziehung zwischen Musik und dem menschlichen Gehirn erforscht. Das Buch enthält eine Sammlung von Fallstudien und persönlichen...