{"product_id":"musicophilia-tales-of-music-and-the-brain","title":"Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,\u003c\/em\u003e Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePowerful and compassionate... A book that not only contributes to our understanding of the elusive magic of music but also illuminates the strange workings and misfirings of the human mind. --\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMusicophilia\u003c\/em\u003e, he shows us a variety of what he calls musical misalignments. Among them: a man struck by lightning who suddenly desires to become a pianist at the age of forty-two; an entire group of children with Williams syndrome who are hypermusical from birth; people with amusia to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans; and a man whose memory spans only seven seconds-for everything but music. Illuminating inspiring and utterly unforgettable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sacks, Oliver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ Music","offer_id":62589497114995,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0977\/4062\/0147\/files\/9781400033539.jpg?v=1772550143","url":"https:\/\/waxpaperbooks.com\/products\/musicophilia-tales-of-music-and-the-brain","provider":"Waxpaper","version":"1.0","type":"link"}