Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin |
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by Oliver Sacks
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Oliver Sacks calls Temple Grandin's first book--and the first picture of autism from the inside--"quite extraordinary, unprecedented and, in a way, unthinkable." Sacks told part of her story in his An Anthropologist on Mars, and in Thinking in Pictures Grandin returns to tell her life history with great depth, insight, and feeling. Grandin told Sacks, "I don't want my thoughts to die with me. I want to have done something ... I want to know that my life has meaning ... I'm talking about things at the very core of my existence." Grandin's clear exposition of what it is like to "think in pictures" is immensely mind-broadening and basically destroys a whole school of philosophy (the one that declares language necessary for thought). Grandin, who feels she can "see through a cow's eyes," is an influential designer of slaughterhouses and livestock restraint systems. She has great insight into human-animal relations. It would be mere justice if Thinking in Pictures transforms the study of religious feeling, too.
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A high-functioning autistic, Grandin presents linked articles on her life and her work as an animal scientist.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Oliver Sacks calls Temple Grandin's first book--and the first picture of autism from the inside--"quite extraordinary, unprecedented and, in a way, unthinkable." Sacks told part of her story in his An Anthropologist on Mars, and in Thinking in Pictures Grandin returns to tell her life history with great depth, insight, and feeling. Grandin told Sacks, "I don't want my thoughts to die with me. I want to have done something ... I want to know that my life has meaning ... I'm talking about things at the very core of my existence." Grandin's clear exposition of what it is like to "think in pictures" is immensely mind-broadening and basically destroys a whole school of philosophy (the one that declares language necessary for thought). Grandin, who feels she can "see through a cow's eyes," is an influential designer of slaughterhouses and livestock restraint systems. She has great insight into human-animal relations. It would be mere justice if Thinking in Pictures transforms the study of religious feeling, too.
From Publishers Weekly
A high-functioning autistic, Grandin presents linked articles on her life and her work as an animal scientist.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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dip vat, other people with autism, restraining chute, squeeze machine, squeeze chute, sensory processing problems, many people with autism, autistic traits, flight zone, kosher slaughter, savant skills, autistic people, many autistic children, autistic symptoms, slaughter plant, autistic person, autistic adults, livestock handling, person with autism, sensory problems, cattle chutes, disintegrative disorder, door symbols, visual thinker Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Donna Williams, Colorado State University, Rosalie Winard, Therese Joliffe, United States, Oliver Sacks, Arizona State University, Corral Industries, Hans Asperger, Jim Sinclair, Joan Burleigh, Star Trek, Antonio Damasio, Autism Society of America, Bill Gates, Charles Hart, Great Dane, John Wayne's Red River, Leo Kanner, Richard Feynman, Sean Barron New!
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dip vat, other people with autism, restraining chute, squeeze machine, squeeze chute, sensory processing problems, many people with autism, autistic traits, flight zone, kosher slaughter, savant skills, autistic people, many autistic children, autistic symptoms, slaughter plant, autistic person, autistic adults, livestock handling, person with autism, sensory problems, cattle chutes, disintegrative disorder, door symbols, visual thinker Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Donna Williams, Colorado State University, Rosalie Winard, Therese Joliffe, United States, Oliver Sacks, Arizona State University, Corral Industries, Hans Asperger, Jim Sinclair, Joan Burleigh, Star Trek, Antonio Damasio, Autism Society of America, Bill Gates, Charles Hart, Great Dane, John Wayne's Red River, Leo Kanner, Richard Feynman, Sean Barron New!
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- An Anthropologist on Mars (Spanish Edition) by Oliver Sacks on page 64, and page 187
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- Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Complete Guide to Understanding Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, and Other ASDs by Chantal Sicile-Kira on page 288, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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