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An Anthropologist on Mars : : Seven Paradoxical Tales

Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015. Book - 1995 Adult Book / Nonfiction / Science & Nature / General / Sacks, Oliver, 616.8 Sa 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.4 out of 5

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The case of the colorblind painter -- The last hippie -- A surgeon's life -- To see and not see -- The landscape of his dreams -- Prodigies -- An anthropologist on Mars.
The author profiles seven neurological patients, including a surgeon with Tourette's syndrome and an artist whose color sense is destroyed in an accident but finds new creative power in black and white.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Knopf, 1995.
Year Published: 1995
Description: xix, 327 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0679437851
9780679437857
9780679756972

SUBJECTS
Neurology -- Anecdotes.