'Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent' Observer How does the brain perceive and interpret information from the eye? And what happens when the process is...

Oliver Sacks: 3 Bände im Schuber: Der einarmige Pianist - Das innere Auge - Drachen, Doppelgänger und Dämonen

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

"Geniale Störung: Die geheime Geschichte des Autismus und warum wir Menschen brauchen, die anders denken" von Oliver Sacks ist eine tiefgehende Untersuchung über Autismus und dessen Einfluss auf unsere Gesellschaft. Sacks, ein...

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...