Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat the by Sacks Oliver (477 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKSIf a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.In this extraordinary book, Dr. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients struggling to adapt to often bizarre worlds of neurological disorder. Here are people who can no longer recognize everyday objects or those they love; who are stricken with violent tics or shout involuntary obscenities, and yet are gifted with unusually acute artistic or mathematical talents. If sometimes beyond our surface comprehension, these brilliant tales illuminate what it means to be human.A provocative exploration of the mysteries of the human mind, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a million-copy bestseller by the twentieth century's greatest neurologist.Part of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature. A million-copy bestseller by the twentieth century's greatest neurologist. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1985) by Oliver Sacks ? Picador edition Available now from Crappy Old Books Step into the curious, compassionate, and at times confounding world of neurological oddities in Oliver Sacks? groundbreaking classic, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat . First published in 1985, this Picador edition brings together a series of real-life case studies that read like surreal short stories, featuring patients whose minds behave in extraordinary and bewildering ways. From the title case of a man unable to distinguish his wife from a hat, to tales of memory loss, phantom limbs, and musical savants, Sacks combines the clinical with the deeply human. His writing is as insightful as it is empathetic, making this a cult favourite for readers of psychology, medicine, and the just plain weird. It?s worn, it?s yellowed, and it might smell a bit like the 1980s?but that?s how we like it at Crappy Old Books . Ideal for lovers of battered brilliance and brain-bending reads. Neat condition.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. An Everyman Classic hardback edition of Dr Sacks's most extraordinary book, in which the 'poet laureate of medicine' (New York Times) recounts fascinating case histories of patients with neurological disorders. Introduced by Atul Gawande, American surgeon and writer, who has said that no one taught him more about how to be a doctor than Oliver SacksNeurologist Oliver Sacks investigates the complex relationship between the brain and the mind and, almost impossibly, manages to make his subject matter not only accessible to the general reader, but utterly absorbing. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals suffering from perceptual and intellectual disorders- patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; whose limbs seem alien to them; who lack some skills yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. Their struggles are recounted with sympathy and respect. A great healer, Sacks never loses sight of medicine's ultimate responsibility to assist 'the suffering, afflicted, fighting human subject'.A work of profound humanity. Originally published in the UK: London: Gerald Duckworth, 1985. Originally published in the US: New York: Summit Books, 1985. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Unknown. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.7.

Condition: Gut. 101. - 125. Tausend. 319 (1) Seiten mit Abbildungen. 19 cm. Umschlaggestaltung: Peter Wippermann. Guter Zustand. Seiten papierbedingt leicht gebräunt. Ein Musikwissenschaftler tätschelt Hydranten, weil er sie für spielende Kinder hält. Eine 90jährige Frau bekommt plötzlich wieder Appetit auf junge Männer. Ein Student kann eine Zeitlang riechen wie ein Hund und vermißt es, als es vorbei ist: Eine winzige Hirnverletzung, ein kleiner Tumult in der cerebralen Chemie, und Menschen geraten in eine andere Welt, in die Gesunde nicht vordringen. Oliver Sacks' Bestseller erzählt von ihnen in 24 faszinierenden Fallgeschichten. «Oliver Sacks hat die medizinische Fallstudie zur literarischen Kunstform erhoben.» DER SPIEGEL. - Oliver Wolf Sacks CBE (* 9. Juli 1933 in London; 30. August 2015 in New York City) war ein britischer Neurologe und Schriftsteller. Er wurde bekannt insbesondere durch seine populärwissenschaftlichen Bücher, in denen er komplexe Krankheitsbilder anhand von Fallbeispielen in zwanglos-anekdotischem Stil allgemeinverständlich beschrieb. Die mit mehreren Oscar- und Golden-Globe-Nominierungen ausgezeichnete filmische Adaption seines ersten großen Werkes von zusammenhängenden Fallgeschichten Zeit des Erwachens (erschienen 1973, verfilmt 1990 mit Robin Williams und Robert De Niro) machte seine Werke auch international einem breiteren Publikum bekannt. Sein Ziel war es stets, neben der modernen Wissenschaft die betreffenden Menschen nicht aus dem Blick zu verlieren, hinter jeder Erkrankung das individuelle Schicksal zu erkennen und die eigene Normalität in Frage zu stellen. Ähnlich wie auch der russische Neuropsychologe Alexander R. Lurija griff er auf die medizinisch-literarische Tradition des 19. Jahrhunderts zurück, die bei der wissenschaftlichen Betrachtung den kranken Menschen in den Mittelpunkt stellte. Lurija nannte dies eine romantische" Wissenschaft. . Sein Bestseller Der Mann, der seine Frau mit einem Hut verwechselte berichtet, wie sich die unterschiedlichen Störungen und Erkrankungen auf den Alltag der Patienten und betroffenen Angehörigen auswirken. Die Titelgeschichte wurde 1987 Gegenstand der gleichnamigen Oper von Michael Nyman. Oliver Sacks erzählt in dem Buch zwanzig Geschichten von Menschen, die aus der Normalität" gefallen sind. Das Buch ist so geschrieben, dass es für jeden verständlich ist, auch wenn man sich noch nie mit Medizin, Neurologie oder Psychiatrie befasst hat. Es geht kaum um medizinische Seiten, mehr um die Welt, in der diese Menschen leben. Das Buch macht klar, wie Wahrnehmung allein vom Gehirn abhängt Realität spielt sich im Kopf ab. Für Normale" ist es beispielsweise unvorstellbar, dass ein Mann seine Frau mit einem Hut verwechseln kann. Zum Beispiel, dass der Patient zwar Dinge sieht, sie aber nicht beim Namen nennen kann, so beispielsweise eine Rose als rotes, gefaltetes Gebilde mit einem geraden grünen Anhängsel" identifiziert. Die teils lustigen, teils traurigen Geschichten zeigen gleichzeitig, wozu das menschliche Gehirn fähig ist, wie schnell man seine Realität" verlieren kann und was letztendlich die Persönlichkeit ausmacht. Sacks' Werke wurden bisher in 21 Sprachen übersetzt. 2002 wurde er mit dem Wingate Literary Prize ausgezeichnet. . Im Februar 2015 widmete er sich in einem Essay für The New York Times seiner Krebserkrankung und dem Umgang mit seinem bevorstehenden Tod. Neun Jahre zuvor war er bereits wegen eines malignen Melanoms am Auge behandelt worden, wodurch er die Sehfähigkeit auf diesem Auge einbüßte (woraufhin er The Mind's Eye, dt. Das innere Auge, verfasste). Angesichts der nun bei ihm diagnostizierten Leber-Metastasen sei sein Tod absehbar. Er wolle weitere literarische Werke fertigstellen.Das Okay" für die Veröffentlichung des Textes gab Sacks noch auf dem OP-Tisch, der Artikel wurde noch am Folgetag der lebensverlängernden Operation veröffentlicht. Seinem Lebenspartner zufolge bewegten ihn die überwältigenden und mitfühlenden Reaktionen auf Mein Leben'" tief und führten i.

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Condition: Very Good. Minor shelf wear on jacket and some foxing on inside of front cover and first few pages. Content is fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

N.A. Condition: New. ISBN:9781529077292.

22.0 x 14.0cms 258pp very good paperback & cover Sacks analyses people who have lost their memories and who cannot recognise people or common objects (while they have uncanny artistic or mathematical talents).

Reprint. Octavo-size paperback. Edges and prelims a bit foxed, with a neat ownership signature on the half-title page, otherwise very good. Essays.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Summit Books,IF POSSIBLE,WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE ON POSTAGE-MID SIZE - SOFT COVER 1985 Used Using case studies, Sacks examines the effects of impairment and incapacity of neurological function such as loss of speech and loss of memory, and looks at the relationship between the brain and the mind.

In-16° gr. pp. XII-233 ingiallite. Bross. edit. ill. a col. con tracce del tempo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Unmarked text. Unclipped dust jacket with some sun fading of spine, under clear mylar cover. A collection of 20 true tales of individuals stricken with astonishing neurological disorders. 243p. Measures 5.75x8.75 inches. Bibliography. Notes.

Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Buone Condizioni dell'interno: Buone.

Black hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. Spine of jacket faded. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xii, 233pp.

geringe Gebrauchsspuren. Gewicht in Gramm: 550.