the man who mistook his wife for a hat by oliver sacks

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. If inconceivably strange, these brilliant tales illuminate what it means to be human. Organized into four parts, the book is comprised of 24 short essays that survey a broad and complex range of neurological disorders, from agnosia, aphasia, and Korsakoff’s syndrome to epilepsy, Tourette’s, and autism.

Here are people who can no longer recognize everyday objects or those they love who are stricken with violent tics or shout involuntary obscenities who have been dismissed as autistic or retarded, yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is by most counts Oliver Sacks’ best-known work. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients struggling to adapt to often bizarre worlds of neurological disorder. If 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. With an introduction by Will Self A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind. Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, The MP3 CD Unabridged, Apby Oliver Sacks (Author), Jonathan Davis (Reader) 7,256 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 14.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 27.00 1 New from 27. The man who mistook his wife for a hat Oliver Sacks 4128 words The scientific study of the relationship between brain and mind began in 1861, when Broca, in France, found that specific difficulties in the expressive use of speech (aphasia) consistently followed damage to a particular portion of the left hemisphere of the brain. Print The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

The man who mistook his wife for a hat by oliver sacks