An anthropologist on Mars : seven paradoxical tales / Oliver Sacks.
An anthropologist on Mars : seven paradoxical tales / Oliver Sacks.
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Publisher
New York : Knopf, 1995.
Date
1995.
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N616.8/23
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 327 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Contents
The Case of the Colorblind Painter -- The Last Hippie -- A Surgeon's Life -- To See and Not See -- The Landscape of His Dreams -- Prodigies -- An Anthropologist on Mars.
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Publisher
New York : Knopf, 1995.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1995.
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Summary
These are paradoxical tales, for neurological disease can conduct one to other modes of being that - however abnormal they may be to our way of thinking - may develop virtues and beauties of their own. The exploration of these individual lives is not one that can be made in a consulting room or office, and Sacks has taken off his white coat and des...
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An anthropologist on Mars : seven paradoxical tales / Oliver Sacks.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-315) and index.
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N616.8/23
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74VKOlb3BpJy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOlb3BpJy
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ISBN
0679437851
9780679437857
DDC
616.8
MMS ID
991022667749702626
