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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Oliver Sacks
SeriesPicador Classic
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:464
Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 131
Category/GenreTheory of music and musicology
Literary essays
Popular science
Popular psychology
ISBN/Barcode 9781509870141
ClassificationsDewey:781.11
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Picador
Publication Date 12 July 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

With an introduction by neuroscientist Daniel Glaser The late Oliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own minds. Musicophilia is no different. In this breathtaking work, Sacks examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians and everyday people - those struck by affliction, unusual talent and even, in one case, by lightning - to show not only that music occupies more areas of our brain than language does, but also that it can torment, calm, organize and heal. Always wise and compellingly readable, these stories alter our conception of who we are and how we function, and show us an essential part of what it is to be human.

Author Biography

Oliver Sacks was a physician and the author of many books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings (which inspired the Oscar-nominated film) and Musicophilia. Born in London and educated at Oxford, he held positions at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and New York University School of Medicine and was Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He was the first, and only, Columbia University Artist, and was also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His memoir, On the Move, was published shortly before his death in August 2015.