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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain 1st Edition

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  • Hardcover: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Knopf; 1 edition (October 16, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1400040817
  • ISBN-13: 978-1400040810
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1.3 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (274 customer reviews)
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When Oliver Sacks talks, I listen. When he writes, he takes subjects and follows them to the very nerve-endings and synapses of the brain itself. He never writes without including some aspect of his amazing and diverse life, such as when he introduced the Island of the Colorblind by talking about his love for the cycads which were growing in the London Botanical Gardens. The island whose population were color blind also had these primitive cycad trees, whose existence dates back to Paleozoic times. I was amazed to discover that the subtropical sago palm which grows everywhere around New Orleans was not a true palm, but one of these ancient dinosaur age plants. When I read his books, my life changes — I can never look at a sago plant without admiration since that book. Nor can I think of cold and hot lights (fluorescence and tungsten bulbs) without thinking of his two uncles, one who pioneered in cold light, and the other a pioneer in hot lights, namely, his Uncle Tungsten of the eponymous book.

With this book, he has attacked music in the same way, delving deeply into his own experiences with music and deeply into what happens inside the minds and brains of many patients with various brain and nervous system anomalies which shed light on how our human body works vis-à-vis music. If you thought you understood music because you are a music lover, Sacks will open his bag of tricks and surprise and delight with novel aspects of music which few have heard of or discovered in their own lives, up until now. And once more he has changed my own life. This time, not in a pleasant way.

Did you ever notice a clock ticking in the room you were in? And once you've noticed the darn thing ticking how hard it is to get rid of the ticking?
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As always, Oliver Sacks both informs and elevates He teaches not by "dumbing-down," but by requiring the reader to become an active participant, engaged in the material which is also engaging. To finish this book felt like a loss.
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I'm not a musical person, but as a social scientist I found this book fascinating. I'm recommending it to others, especially the musically-talented members of the family. Sacks is a great-story teller and doctor.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful By Nuschler on May 8, 2014
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If you love how this neurobiologist thinks ("Awakenings", "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat", "Hallucinations") You will just love this book.

Musicophilia...Love of music. He explains how our brains have evolved to love music...and then goes on to explain why some of us LOVE jazz, classics or hip hop and rap.

His books are NOT easy reading. This is post-graduate med school stuff. But anyone can grasp the central tenets.

Enjoy this book!
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I bought this as a gift for a music loving friend for her bachelorette party. She was surprised and excited as she had been wanting to read it for a while! She gave it rave reviews and I'm actually thinking of seeing if I can borrow it myself as it sounds like a good read.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful By Jane on January 25, 2014
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Its more of a research book, and has explained to us why our kids are so talented with both music and math.
There is a lot of interesting things in this book which will make sense explaining a lot about certain talents which we had always wondered about.
I think the main reason that we have 2 copies of this book, as there is some Synesthesia in our family. We were very interested in the connection with musical talent, ability for learning other languages, and math, and if there was any connection.
Its not an easy read, but it sure explains a lot about talent and how people learn.
I am perhaps not explaining this too well, but look at the other comments for more detailed information.
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By tiagobmd on December 13, 2014
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Very nice book.!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful By J. K. Swoboda on August 5, 2014
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I love this book and have re-read it several times.Scientifically "meaty" but understandable.
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