The mind's eye
Includes stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and faculties: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, and the sense of sigh...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Sacks, Oliver, |d 1933-2015, | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The mind's eye / |c Oliver Sacks. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Alfred A. Knopf, |c 2010. | ||
| 300 | |a xii, 263 p. : |b ill. ; |c 22 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a "A Borzoi book" -- T.p. verso. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-252) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Sight reading -- Recalled to life -- A man of letters -- Face-blind -- Stereo Sue -- Persistence of vision: a journal -- The mind's eye. | |
| 520 | |a Includes stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and faculties: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, and the sense of sight. This book is a testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and to the power of creativity and adaptation, and it provides a whole new perspective on the power of language and communication, as we try to imagine what it is to perceive through another person's eyes, or another person's mind. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Communicative disorders. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cognition disorders. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Face perception. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Perception. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Neurology |v Anecdotes. | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Hays, Sara Light tribute. | |
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