Hallucinations - Couverture souple

Sacks, Oliver

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1447224515 ISBN 13 : 9781447224518

Editeur : Picador, 2012

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of MUSICOPHILIA and THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT, a provocative investigation into hallucinations. For most people, they imply madness. But there are many different types of non-psychotic hallucination caused by various illnesses or injuries, by intoxication - even, for many people, by falling sleep. Oliver Sacks investigates the fundamental differences and similarities of the many sorts of hallucinations, what they say about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture's folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Oliver Sacks was born in 1933 in London and was educated at the Queen's College, Oxford. He completed his medical training at San Francisco's Mount Zion Hospital and at UCLA before moving to New York, where he soon encountered the patients whom he would write about in his book Awakenings.

Dr Sacks spent almost fifty years working as a neurologist and wrote many books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia, and Hallucinations, about the strange neurological predicaments and conditions of his patients. The New York Times referred to him as 'the poet laureate of medicine', and over the years he received many awards, including honours from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Royal College of Physicians. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire. His memoir, On the Move, was published shortly before his death in August 2015.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1447224515
• ISBN 13: 9781447224518
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible