Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks

Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The poet laureate of medicine (The New York Times) and author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat weaves together stories of mind-altering experiences to reveal what they tell us about our brains, our folklore and culture, and why the potential for hallucination exists in us all.

Sacks has turned hallucinations from something bizarre and frightening into something that seems part of what it means to be a person. His book, too, is a medical and human triumph. --The Washington Post

An absorbing plunge into a mystery of the mind. --Entertainment Weekly

To many people, hallucinations imply madness, but in fact they are a common part of the human experience. These sensory distortions range from the shimmering zigzags of a visual migraine to powerful visions brought on by fever, injuries, drugs, sensory deprivation, exhaustion, or even grief. Hallucinations doubtless lie behind many mythological traditions, literary inventions, and religious epiphanies.

Drawing on his own experiences, a wealth of clinical cases from among his patients, and famous historical examples ranging from Dostoevsky to Lewis Carroll, the legendary neurologist Oliver Sacks investigates the mystery of these sensory deceptions: what they say about the working of our brains, how they have influenced our folklore and culture, and why the potential for hallucination is present in all humans.

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ISBN 13	9781410457318
ISBN 10	1410457311
Title	Hallucinations
Author	Oliver Sacks
Series	Thorndike Nonfiction
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Thorndike Press
Year published	2013-04-19
Number of pages	427
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