The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales | Oliver Sacks

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales | Oliver Sacks | A look into the problems in the brain

books:

The Man Who Mistoo...

	The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales Oliver Sacks Touchstone, 1998 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 112 reviews view larger image
	for more information click here

highly recommended

Brilliant Stuff!

This is a completely fascinating read! This will convice any reader of the massive complexity of the brain without reading like JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)! Oliver Sacks has a talent for riveting readers. This was the very first book of his that I read. You will not be disappointed!

A look into the problems in the brain

Great story, fascinating, even if you are not in the field, it will give insight into how others think!

A Fascinating Read

A neurologist, Oliver Sacks, discussed and brought to light the neurological disorders in case by case in this book with an interesting choice of the title: "Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat." This is the first book by Sacks that I have read, and I found his writing style to be quite enjoyable.

Not only that, this book contains an extraordinary collection of cases of individuals with neurological disorders that brings one to understand a bit on how human brain works. While this book was first published in the early 1970s and the understanding of the human brain mechanism has changed and increased since then, I found this book to be very insightful.

Out of all the cases I have read from this book, I found the following cases (or stories) to be of great interest to me: "Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat," "The Man Who Fell Out of Bed," "Witty Ticcy Ray," "Cupid's disease," and "The Autist Artist."

This book is a fascinating read and deeply recommended.

for more information click here

Cute

This book was required for a cluster class I took. I am keeping the book even though I dropped the class because it has wonderful and interesting viewpoints of others who have to cope with life different than most of us. I would recommend this to a friend.

Interesting and intelligent

This book is full of tales of interesting anomalies in the brain. Oliver Sacks tells each story in a way that conveys his passion for the topic. Very enjoyable reading for those interested in the mysteries of the human mind.

reviews: 1, 2, 3, page 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

products you might be interested in