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An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales is a 1995 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks consisting of seven medical case histories of individuals with neurological conditions such as autism and Tourette syndrome.
- Oliver W. Sacks
- 1995
An Anthropologist on Mars. “Back to individuals and their stories again–now explored at a length, and with a depth, beyond that of Hat, though some of the themes–autism, amnesia, Tourette’s syndrome, etc. were the same.”. — Oliver Sacks. Neurological patients, Oliver Sacks has written, are travellers to unimaginable lands.
25 de ago. de 2020 · Internet Archive. Language. English. xviii, 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm. Contains portraits of seven neurological case studies. These people show us a new perspective on the way our brains construct our individual worlds. Repr. with corrections.
About An Anthropologist On Mars. From the bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat • Fascinating portraits of neurological disorder in which men, women, and one extraordinary child emerge as brilliantly adaptive personalities, whose conditions have not so much debilitated them as ushered them into another reality.
- Paperback
16 de jun. de 2011 · An Anthropologist on Mars. Oliver Sacks. Pan Macmillan, Jun 16, 2011 - Literary Collections - 336 pages. As with his previous bestseller, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, in An...
- Oliver Sacks
- Pan Macmillan, 2011
- 033053713X, 9780330537131
- An Anthropologist on Mars
13 de feb. de 1996 · An Anthropologist on Mars is written in seven sections - each one containing a different story. In these sections, Oliver Sacks describes his journey to understand each patient's life. His approach is very personal, as opposed to most neurologists.
1 de ene. de 1995 · An Anthropologist on Mars is an engaging collection of seven neurological case studies that illustrate a supposed paradox - that what is perceived as disability or neurological deficit can result in amazing adaptations that make it a kind of gift.
