Pianisti Lillian menettää yhtäkkiä kyvyn lukea nuotteja ja lopulta myös tunnistaa yksinkertaisia arkisia esineitä. Howard, kirjailija, ei sairauskohtauksen jälkeen osaa enää lukea. Pat joutuu etsimään tavan olla isoäiti sairastuttuaan aivovaurion jälkeen afasiaan. Neurologi Sacks kertoo[...]

Pianisti Lillian menettää yhtäkkiä kyvyn lukea nuotteja ja lopulta myös tunnistaa yksinkertaisia arkisia esineitä. Howard, kirjailija, ei sairauskohtauksen jälkeen osaa enää lukea. Pat joutuu etsimään tavan olla isoäiti sairastuttuaan aivovaurion jälkeen afasiaan. Neurologi Sacks kertoo[...]

Kauan ennen kuin Oliver Sacksista tuli kuuluisa neurologi ja menestyskirjailija ("Mies joka luuli vaimoaan hatuksi"), hän oli pieni englantilainen poika, jonka suuri rakkaus oli luonnontiede. Häntä kiehtoivat yhtälailla metallit ja mineraalit kuin mustekalatkin. Pojan lumottuja tieteellisiä puu[...]

With compassion and insight, Dr. Oliver Sacks again illuminates the mysteries of the brain by introducing us to some remarkable characters, including Pat, who remains a vivacious communicator despite the stroke that deprives her of speech, and Howard, a novelist who loses the ability to read. Sacks [...]

Have you ever seen something that wasn't really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing?
Hallucinations don't belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illn[...]

The scientific wonder of youth is skillfully evoked in this intriguing memoir by the distinguished neurologist and author of Awakenings in which he describes his fascination with metals, gases, and chemicals, especially "Uncle Tungsten," and with unravelling the complex mysteries of the world around[...]

"Balanced, authoritative . . . brilliant." --The London Times

"Written by one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century, Migraine . . . should be read as much for its brilliant insights into the nature of our mental functioning as for its discussion of the migraine." --The [...]

To these seven narratives of neurological disorder Dr. Sacks brings the same humanity, poetic observation, and infectious sense of wonder that are apparent in his bestsellers "Awakenings" and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat." These men, women, and one extraordinary child emerge as brilliantl[...]

Dr. Oliver Sacks's books "Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars" and the bestselling "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat" have been acclaimed for their extraordinary compassion in the treatment of patients affected with profound disorders. In "A Leg to Stand On, " it is Sacks himself who is the[...]

In his most extraordinary audiobook, one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century ("The New York Times") recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Oliver Sacks s "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" tells th[...]

Oliver Sacks, jota New York Times on kutsunut lääketieteen hovirunoilijaksi, tarkastelee Musikofiliassa musiikin sijaintia aivoissa ja sen vaikutusta ihmiseen. Hän tutkii musiikin voimaa myötätuntoiseen ja lukeneeseen tyyliinsä potilaiden, muusikkojen ja tavallisten ihmisten kokemusten kautta.[...]