![]() ![]() In Musicophilia, 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. With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. About the Book From the legendary neurologist and bestselling author of "Awakenings" and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" comes a powerful and compassionate ("New York Times") book that examines the power of music and how it affects the brain. ![]()
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