Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 150
EAN: 9780330294911
Edition: New edition
ISBN: 0330294911
Label: Picador
Manufacturer: Picador
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: November 07, 1986
Publisher: Picador
Studio: Picador

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Rating: - Simply amazing...
Well maybe not all that simple, but truly amazing. This is one of the first (and to my mind best) of the popular science books. The author, Sacks, uses terminology which cause the text to be somewhat hard-going at times. However, the glimpse into the lives of people whose brain misfunctioning causes them to live and see the world in extraordinary ways is stranger and more wonderful than any fiction.
The over-arching question Sachs poses to the reader is "What is it to be human", and the case ... Read More

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Rating: - A disappointment
I suppose that it falls to me to provide a negative review of this book. I've not given the book a low rating because while it didn't meet my expectations, it's certainly well written and interesting.

Having read Dennett's "Consciousness Explained" in which ( I think) this book is referenced, I chose this book hoping that Sacks would provide some insight into how or why a man might mistake his wife for a hat. Unfortunately the book turned out to be a rather less ambitious series of case ... Read More

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Rating: - Interesting read
Fairly well written, and as someone who has no prior background in this field, it was easy to understand and descriptive enough to be interesting. it was not too technical that i got bogged down with terms, unlike some other neurology books i've read.

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Rating: - A little disappointing
An interesting book though I have to admit I didn't enjoy the writing style. I find Sacks to be overly academic (I'm in the medical field myself) and his use of technical jargon can be somewhat off putting. Unlike the popular work Phantoms of the Brains Sacks seems uninterested in explaining the ideas in scientific terms in any great detail, he instead takes a more anthropological approach and merely details the cases. Whilst the cases themselves are off considerable interest I found his analysis to be ... Read More

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Rating: - A Fascinating Read
A neurologist, Oliver Sacks, discussed and brought to light the neurological disorders in case by case in this book with an interesting choice of the title: "Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat." This is the first book by Sacks that I have read, and I found his writing style to be quite enjoyable.

Not only that, this book contains an extraordinary collection of cases of individuals with neurological disorders that brings one to understand a bit on how human brain works. While this book was first ... Read More

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