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An Anthropologist on Mars

A collection of fascinating case studies on the human mind, from the bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

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An Anthropologist on Mars

By: Oliver Sacks
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Oliver Sacks
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As with his previous bestseller, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, in An Anthropologist on Mars Oliver Sacks uses case studies to illustrate the myriad ways in which neurological conditions can affect our sense of self, our experience of the world, and how we relate to those around us.

Writing with his trademark blend of scientific rigour and human compassion, he describes patients such as the colour-blind painter or the surgeon with compulsive tics that disappear in the operating theatre; patients for whom disorientation and alienation – but also adaptation – are inescapable facts of life.

'An inexhaustible tourist at the farther reaches of the mind, Sacks presents, in sparse, unsentimental prose, the stories of seven of his patients. The result is as rich, vivid and compelling as any collection of short fictional stories' – Independent on Sunday

Brain & Nervous System Essays Neuroscience & Neuropsychology Physical Illness & Disease Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Mental Health Human Brain Health
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Writing simply and beautifully, Sacks uses individual case histories to reveal the infinite complexities of the human mind.
Sacks' great gift is his capacity to place himself in the position of his subjects, to see the world the way they see it and to empathize with their condition with great compassion but without patronage or pity.
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A marvellous recount of miraculous people overcoming extraordinary challenges. Told in Sacks classic, magically descriptive style.

A wonderful painting of atypical genius

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Very interesting stories about how very different and very interesting people can be. Temple Grandin is the standout (watch the Temple Grandin movie first)

Best book I have listened to in a long time

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