Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Oliver Sacks

400 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction music psychology science informative reflective slow-paced

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Revised and ExpandedWith 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. In Musicophilia, he show...

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informative 96%
reflective 56%
inspiring 37%
emotional 29%
challenging 17%
hopeful 17%
funny 7%
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adventurous 3%
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mysterious 1%
relaxing 1%
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