Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
 | PicadorBy Oliver Sacks Pan Books Ltd, 1998, Paperback Customer Rating: 111 reviews Recommend This product is currently not available and cannot be purchased. It means that we have no merchant offers for this product at the moment or it was discontinued by the manufacturer. |
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"The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" is populated by a cast as strange as that of the most fantastic fiction. The subject of this strange and wonderful book is what happens when things go wrong with parts of the brain most of us don't know exist ...Dr Sacks shows the awesome powers of our mind and just how delicately balanced they have to be' - "Sunday Times". 'Who is this book for? Who is it not for? It is for everybody who has felt from time to time that certain twinge of self-identity and sensed how easily, at any moment, one might lose it' - "The Times". 'This is, in the best sense, a serious book. It is, indeed, a wonderful book, by which I mean not only that it is excellent (which it is) but also that it is full of wonder, wonders and wondering. He brings to these often unhappy people understanding, sympathy and respect. Sacks is always learning from his patients, marvelling at them, widening his own understanding and ours' - "Punch".
Title: Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Picador)
Sales Rank: 362279 in Books
Author: Oliver Sacks
Publisher: Pan Books Ltd, 1998-07, Paperback, 256 pages, ISBN: 0330294911
Package Dimensions: 7.76 x 5.16 x 0.75 inches, 0.38 pounds
- That's Horrible! (not the book, the book is good)
- I read this book quite awhile ago, so I can't be too detailed right now. I'll add to and edit this review later, but for now, I just remember it spent about six months on my nightstand. That's impressive. - Jane More reviews
- At times dry, but very interesting overall
- This is a great read. A few portions got a bit dense, but the book really changed the way I think about those who have the neurological abnormalities described by Sacks. The best part is the length of each story; even if you have a limited amount of time you can read an entire case study. More reviews
- What the maladaptive can teach us
- As a graduate student in the field of biology and psychology, I found this to be the perfect blend of both. Although a collection of different case studies in the field of neuropsychology, anyone with even a slight interest in the understanding of the human brain will enjoy this book. Despite a large amount of clinical and science jargon, the book is easy to comprehend. This is a simple book with… More reviews
- What the maladaptive can teach us
- As a graduate student in the field of biology and psychology, I found this to be the perfect blend of both. Although a collection of different case studies in the field of neuropsychology, anyone with even a slight interest in the understanding of the human brain will enjoy this book. Despite a large amount of clinical and science jargon, the book is easy to comprehend. This is a simple book with… More reviews
- A Captivating, yet Redundant, Dive into the World of Disorders
- Introduction
The sequence of independent and amazing analyses of disorders poses as a great introduction into what complications are possible in the brain and how the body will respond. Despite providing many similar examples that illustrate the same point, Sacks does a great job portraying his own astonishment at these disorders along with a glimpse of his reasoning… More reviews
