Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks (English) Paperback Book

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks Oliver Sacks takes us through the world of hallucinations and explains how our brains can deceive us. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Have you ever seen something that wasnt really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing?Hallucinations dont belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness, or injury. In some conditions, hallucinations can lead to religious epiphanies or even the feeling of leaving ones own body. Humans have always sought such life-changing visions, and for thousands of years have used hallucinogenic compounds to achieve them.In this book, with his usual elegance, curiosity and compassion, Dr Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every cultures folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all, a vital part of the human condition. Notes Have you ever seen something that wasnt really there? Sensed someone following you and then turned round to find nothing? In this fascinating new book, Dr Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences, to illuminate what hallucinations can tell us about the structure of our brains, how they have influenced every cultures folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is not only present in us all, but is also a vital part of the human condition. Author Biography Oliver Sacks is 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 now lives in New York City, where he is Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is the first, and only, Columbia University Artist, and is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire. Review Oliver Sacks is a neurologist, a man of humane eloquence, and a genuine communicator ObserverSacks writes, basically, adventure stories, accounts of voyages into the unexplained territory of the brain. In doing so, he reveals a landscape far more complex and strange than anything we could infer from our daily interactions Sunday TimesSacks is above all a clinician, and writes with compassion and clarity . . . The result is a sort of humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for us Daily TelegraphIn measured prose with a blessed lack of jargon, Sacks explores the ingenuity with which individuals cope with bizarre neurological conditions . . . humane, empathic, he is the doctor you would want IndependentOliver Sacks has become the worlds best-known neurologist. His case studies of broken minds offer brilliant insight into the mysteries of consciousness GuardianSacks is at his most engaging when he brings the ostensibly strange into the realm of normality . . . This is where Sacks triumphs. Not just in the clarity with which he teaches us about the obscure phenomology of the human brain, but in the light his writings casts on even our most ordinary experiences. Daily TelegraphThe king of pop-neurology reveals how almost all of us have hallucinations GQIts a feat to bring any specialty in medicine vividly to life, and to do so without relinquishing the sensitivity and empathy that characterise the best doctors is something that few achieve. Oliver Sacks has managed it throughout his career . . . Affable, affectionate, respectful and smart, Sacks could be the David Attenborough of the human mind. Independent on SundayAn enthralling, often guiltily comic insight into the pecularities the brain can conjure. Irish ExaminerOliver Sacks is a graceful, lucid and elegant prose stylist. Though perhaps above all, he is the witty, warm, humble and deeply compassionate explorer of how our brains influence our world . . . fascinating. LadyHallucinations is an absorbing study of an exotic subject . . . Hallucinatory literature is either transgressive or presented as a search for enlightenment. This new volume sits elegantly between the two extremes and is more rewarding than either - a continuing investigation into what makes us human. Literary ReviewThe greatest living ethnographer of those fascinating tribes qho live on the outer and still largely unchartered shores of the land of Mind-and-Brain. ObserverA very human insight into what happens when our brains go awry. PsychologiesSacks writes in the the great tradition of literary doctors. He is humane, relaxed and amused, and loved a good anecdote. SpectatorStartling and intriguing Sunday TimesNo more enlightening science book has appeared this year . . . Miss this at your peril. Sunday Times Science Book of the Year A superb synthesis of the literature on these arresting, disturbing and sometimes terrifying phenomena, and a profound work of humanity. TLSFascinating * The Times *Wide-ranging, compassionate and ultimately revelatory . . . Hallucinations is the keystone of the amazing edifice that is this remarkable thinkers oeuvre. Will Self, GuardianSackss trip through the world of hallucinations - and his own LSD experiences - explains some of the mesmerising ways our brains can deceive us -- Best Books of 2013 * Sunday Times * Promotional The keystone of the amazing edifice that is this remarkable thinkers oeuvre. Will Self, Guardian Prizes Short-listed for The Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2014 (UK) Review Quote (previous edition) Oliver Sacks is a neurologist, a man of humane eloquence, and a genuine communicator Observer Review Quote Wide-ranging, compassionate and ultimately revelatory . . . Hallucinations is the keystone of the amazing edifice that is this remarkable thinkers oeuvre. Will Self, Guardian Promotional "Headline" The keystone of the amazing edifice that is this remarkable thinkers oeuvre. Will Self, Guardian Details ISBN1447208269 Author Oliver Sacks Language English Year 2013 ISBN-10 1447208269 ISBN-13 9781447208266 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint Picador Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 154.4 Birth 1933 Pages 336 Audience Age 18 Edition Main Market Ed. UK Release Date 2013-08-29 Publisher Pan Macmillan Publication Date 2013-08-29 Audience General AU Release Date 2013-08-31 NZ Release Date 2013-08-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:76342464;

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