A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind. With an introduction by Will Self.

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.

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; who have been dismissed as autistic or retarded, yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. If inconceivably strange, 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.

Longitud: 289 páginas	Word Wise: Activado	Tipografía mejorada: Activado
Volteo de página: Activado	Idioma: Inglés	Edad: 18 - 99

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This book 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 * A gripping journey into the recesses of the human mind. * Daily Mail * Populated by a cast as strange as that of the most fantastic fiction . . . Dr Sacks shows the awesome powers of our mind and just how delicately balanced they have to be. * Sunday Times * --Este texto se refiere a la edición kindle_edition .

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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.

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; who have been dismissed as autistic or retarded, yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. If inconceivably strange, 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.

'A gripping journey into the recesses of the human mind'
Daily Mail

'Populated by a cast as strange as that of the most fantastic fiction. Dr Sacks shows the awesome powers of our mind and just how delicately balanced they have to be'
Sunday Times

--Este texto se refiere a la edición kindle_edition .

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ASIN : B00M4406DQ
Editorial : Picador; Reprints edición (15 diciembre 2014)
Idioma : Inglés
Tamaño del archivo : 2807 KB
Texto a voz : Activado
Tipografía mejorada : Activado
X-Ray : Activado
Word Wise : Activado
Longitud de impresión : 289 páginas

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Silvia

Un libro que hay que leer

Revisado en España el 13 de diciembre de 2016

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Gran libro para los amantes de la psicología. Es relativamente corto, y su lectura es amena, interesante y divertida. Ideal para regalo.

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El diseño de la portada, que es una de las razones por la que he regalado esta edición y no otra, es diferente a la que se muestra en Amazon. El contenido del libro en sí es fantástico.

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Esther

Neuroscience in an amazing novel

Revisado en España el 13 de mayo de 2015

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If you like neuroscience and want to be entertained, this is the book. Still it can look now a bit old-fashion, maintain the fresh spirit. Entertaining, interesting and will make you wonder about how little we know about our brain and how it works. Amazing!

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Maria del Yerro

Un buen libro

Revisado en España el 25 de septiembre de 2015

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Es interesantísimo y muy recomendable. Son casos muy extraños que demuestran lo compleja que es la mente y que hay miles de daños cerebrales que no se diagnostican y hacen sufrir al paciente.

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Ahmet Emrah AKARKARASU

Muy interesante

Revisado en España el 14 de diciembre de 2013

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En este libro hay un montón de casos raros que nunca me podrían ocurrir. A veces me aburre el lenguaje pero en total me gustó.

Revisado en España el 30 de noviembre de 2018

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Eric Mascarin Perigault

For know the function of the brain

Revisado en España el 5 de mayo de 2014

The author is a neurologist who has written many books. It tells stories of twenty-four patients with abnormal behaviors but these behaviors are due to lesions in the right hemisphere of the brain. This shows us, in an entertaining and easily way, as this part of the brain works. In case the book's title, which is the first story, the patient does not recognize faces. It is really fun and interesting, it's written for the mainstream public. But aside from telling the stories the author explains the cause of the behaviors which makes the book interesting and also educational. In the introduction itself speaks of the low esteem of the right hemisphere . It was written in 1985 but their content is updated.

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"An Arabian Nights Entertainment."

Revisado en Reino Unido el 20 de marzo de 2019

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I have been trying to understand why I find this much-celebrated book vaguely unsatisfying. In view of its extraordinary subject matter, it should be a riveting read, yet I find it rather dull. Recently, I read Janov’s “Why You Get Sick and How You Get Well”, a totally compelling and invigorating read, demanding at times but so lucidly written. I wonder what group of people, Sacks had in mind as potential readers. It seems to me to rather titivate the lay reader, while blinding him/her with science at the same time.

What we have is a seemingly random series of accounts of patients, who had failed with other medical professionals, but who succeeded insofar as it was possible with him. Beneath the surface there is the irritant of Sacks’ egocentricity.
We are introduced to a wide range of neurological conditions: tilting bodies, aphasia, Parkinson’s, Tourette’s syndrome, autism and others. Some are really extraordinary, such as the identical twins suffering from autism, who have an astonishing ability to see numbers, often of numerous digits, provided that they are prime numbers. There seems to be little doubt that Sacks drew out special abilities in many different fields that others had overlooked owing to pigeon-holing the subjects, often in the light of their tested IQs. There is plenty of scientific reference to underpin Sacks’ conclusions. What we do not have is the broader contexts in which these people lived: their social connections, often whether or not they are permanently in institutions or whether they are able to function to a degree within society at large.

I don’t think that I have really answered my own question, but hope that I might have given a few pointers as to why I am unable to enthuse more warmly about this book.

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Philip M

Compared to Sacks' other books this is tedious and unsatisfying.

Revisado en Reino Unido el 19 de diciembre de 2019

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As with some other reviewers, I found this book quite unsatisfying. Oliver Sacks was enormously experienced and widely respected – yet this book just didn’t hold my attention. I found it somewhat tedious – there was just no enthusiasm injected into this interesting subject.

Indeed it reads like a list of his consultations, in no particular order or connection. Symptoms and conditions are described but without any real compassion or insight, but almost with a sense of scientific analysis. I was left with a feeling that these poor individuals appeared to paraded as oddities, somewhat of a circus sideshow.

Eventually I gave up, and it took me few months to venture into another of Sacks’ books “Musicophilia” – which was extremely compelling, fascinating and highly compassionate. This is a book I would highly recommend.

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Laura Jayne

A favourite neuropsychology book!

Revisado en Reino Unido el 3 de junio de 2018

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This book tells of many neurological disorders by telling the stories of patients encountered by Oliver Sacks. It is split into four parts - losses, excesses, transports, the world of simple - each which goes through relevant “disorders” to that title. A very interesting read as a psychology graduate/student. Would recommend to anyone with an interest in neuropsychology!

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Miss Nesbitt

Devastating...

Revisado en Reino Unido el 27 de mayo de 2019

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Incredible man, incredible book. It was recommended to me to read during my Psychology degree. Did I bother reading it then? Nope. But I have finally got around to it. Much of it is already known from my studies but still a very interesting read. A very sad state of affairs for some patients mentioned in the book but very interesting to see just what the brain will put up with, how it translates after a trauma and how people adapt. Worth a read, each chapter is a short story about a new person.

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Joe Lonsdale

Frankly a little boring.

Revisado en Reino Unido el 31 de octubre de 2019

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The medical cases described are quite interesting but the surrounding analysis, at least for a layman like myself, seems rather dull and repetitive. Again, the patients are interesting but the author doesn't really delve very deeply into the background context and emotional details that a layman might find interesting. Additionally, as very little treatment is discussed (or maybe possible) and none of the cases are cured or even improved, the book ends up reading like an annotated list of curiosities that become less interesting, by familiarity, as the list goes on. Probably more interesting to budding neurologists than casual readers. I enjoyed some of the authors later books far more.

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