This memoir from Oliver Sacks is both a departure from and an enhancement of his previous psychologically orientated 'medical' writing. Not only is it a beautifully written account of an English childhood - seasoned by a childish passion for science - but it is told from the intimate and revelatory perspective of one of the most important and humane writers on psychology alive today. Oliver Sacks has the literary artistry of WH Auden and the intellectual rigour and questioning mind of Stephen Jay Gould. The world authority ...
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This memoir from Oliver Sacks is both a departure from and an enhancement of his previous psychologically orientated 'medical' writing. Not only is it a beautifully written account of an English childhood - seasoned by a childish passion for science - but it is told from the intimate and revelatory perspective of one of the most important and humane writers on psychology alive today. Oliver Sacks has the literary artistry of WH Auden and the intellectual rigour and questioning mind of Stephen Jay Gould. The world authority in his field, this is a remarkable insight into the mind and background of one of the finest and most accessible scientists today. Case history as literature, in the most personal, delightful and fascinating way possible.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 337. Dustwrapper ( priceclipped ), pp.337. Autobiography-his childhood years-of the neurologist and writer. Fine in priceclipped dustwrapper.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
had to struggle to finish this book. He tells about his life then somehow goes into some obscure description of a chemical component . This is truely a book for those interested in chemistry only.
zevenlynn
Oct 23, 2008
an imaginative story
this book does a great job in aiding one's understanding of the elements. it was well written and was somewhat easy to read.
