Audio MP3 on CD. Mai 2000. Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2017. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. I wanted some of his observational studies backed up with some hard headed objective studies like those done by VS Ramachamdran, whose books I enjoy. An Anthropologist on Mars offers portraits of seven such travellers – including a surgeon consumed by the compulsive tics of Tourette’s syndrome unless he is operating; an artist who loses all sense of color in a car accident, but finds a new sensibility and creative power in black and white; and an autistic professor who cannot decipher the simplest social exchange between humans, but has built a career … So meistern Sie... Ängste und Panikattacken endlich zum Teufel jagen! $9.99. Born in London in 1933, he moved to New York City in 1965, where he launched his medical career and began writing case studies of his patients. Great reading even for those who know little psychology... Rezension aus Deutschland vom 22. Please try your request again later. Vorherige Seite verwandter Gesponserter Produkte, Nächste Seite verwandter Gesponserter Produkte, Rezension aus Deutschland vom 20. Wir verwenden Cookies und ähnliche Tools, um Ihr Einkaufserlebnis zu verbessern, um unsere Dienste anzubieten, um zu verstehen, wie die Kunden unsere Dienste nutzen, damit wir Verbesserungen vornehmen können, und um Werbung anzuzeigen, einschließlich interessenbezogener Werbung. How does, for instance, a highly gifted artist adapt to living life after losing his understanding of colour following an accident (even his memories have lost all colour)? USt. Dr. Oliver Sacks spent more than fifty years working as a neurologist and writing books about the neurological predicaments and conditions of his patients, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia, and Hallucinations. It is definitely on par with other work by Oliver Sacks. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales is a 1995 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks consisting of seven medical case histories of individuals with neurological conditions such as autism and Tourette syndrome. There was a problem loading your book clubs. I bought this as a gift after having read ' the man who mistook his wife for a hat'. ― Oliver Sacks, quote from An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales “Though the tendency to tic is innate in Tourette's, the particular form of tics often has a personal or historical origin. He goes on and on and on about his observations of the daily life of one or two particular sufferers and gets very repetitious. He has done as much as anyone to make nonspecialists aware of how much diversity gets lumped under the heading of "the human mind.". An Anthropologist on Mars (Spanish) Paperback – 6 Feb. 2009. by Oliver Sacks (Author) 4.6 out of 5 stars. Oliver Sacks delves deeply into the lives and minds of uniquely different individuals, including Temple Grandin, who has autism and studied "normal" or "neurotypical" people like an "Anthropologist on Mars," because she had no clue about how other people think or act and she desperately wanted to know how she could go about having social interactions in the world she had landed in. The stories in An Anthropologist on Mars are medical case reports not unlike the classic tales of Berton Roueché in The Medical Detectives. Preisangaben inkl. The title story in Anthropologist is that of autistic Temple Grandin, whose own book Thinking in Pictures gives her version of how she feels--as unlike other humans as a cow or a Martian. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. These men, women, and one extraordinary child emerge as brilliantly adaptive personalities, whose conditions have not so much debilitated them as ushered them into another reality. Writing with his trademark blend of scientific rigour and human compassion, he describes patients such as the colour-blind painter or the surgeon with compulsive tics that disappear in the operating theatre; patients for whom disorientation and alienation – but also adaptation – are inescapable facts of life. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2016. Februar 2015. Writing simply and beautifully, Sacks uses individual case histories to reveal the infinite complexities of the human mind. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The other minds Sacks describes are equally remarkable: a surgeon with Tourette's syndrome, a painter who loses color vision, a blind man given the ambiguous gift of sight, artists with memories that overwhelm "real life," the autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire, and a man with memory damage for whom it is always 1968. Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-315) and … Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Wählen Sie ein Land/eine Region für Ihren Einkauf. ...An Anthropologist on Mars (Oliver Sacks) Oliver Sacks is a physician, best-selling author, and professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center. I recognise that Dr Sacks has a much greater talent then I will ever have, but humbly give my views on this book. Wiederholen Sie die Anforderung später noch einmal. He finds some cases more interesting than others and sometimes is disappointed at the lack of solution or cure, Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 6. As is, it's hard to follow at times. A Writer Who Treats the Reader as an Intelligent Person. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. The essays in this book, including another one about a surgeon with Tourette's who is able to do delicate, difficult operations for 6 hours straight and who then goes home and punches holes in the dining room walls of his house, are all fascinating, perceptive, and eloquently written. März 2016. Nachdem Sie Produktseiten oder Suchergebnisse angesehen haben, finden Sie hier eine einfache Möglichkeit, diese Seiten wiederzufinden. Wenn Sie nicht alle Cookies akzeptieren möchten oder mehr darüber erfahren wollen, wie wir Cookies verwenden, klicken Sie auf "Cookie-Einstellungen anpassen". Regardless of how consistent ‘An Anthropologist On Mars’ is, it’s understandable that Pierre might have preferred to release these songs as part of a full-length record. Geben Sie es weiter, tauschen Sie es ein, © 1998-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. oder Tochtergesellschaften, An Anthropologist on Mars (English Edition), Übersetzen Sie alle Bewertungen auf Deutsch, Lieferung verfolgen oder Bestellung anzeigen, Recycling (einschließlich Entsorgung von Elektro- & Elektronikaltgeräten). In a few case studies of paradoxical neurological disorders Oliver Sacks illustrates the perceptual words of those who differ from the norm. In a lot of the cases that Sacks dealt with, there was nothing he was able to do to heal the patients. Leider ist ein Problem beim Speichern Ihrer Cookie-Einstellungen aufgetreten. An Anthropologist on Mars is an engaging collection of seven neurological case studies that illustrate a supposed paradox - that what is perceived as disability or neurological deficit can result in amazing adaptations that make it a kind of gift. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Ranging from Tourette's to severe autism, Sacks' patients run the gamut of neuro-psychological states. 4 Personen fanden diese Informationen hilfreich. Sacks's stories are of "differently brained" people, and they have the intrinsic human interest that spurred his book Awakenings to be re-created as a Robin Williams movie. If you liked "the man who mistook his wife for a hat", Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2015. Something went wrong. Ihre zuletzt angesehenen Artikel und besonderen Empfehlungen. $14.99. As is typical with Sacks, not only does he attempt to document the condition of the individuals he also attempts to document their humanity and personality. Please try again. Einer der beiden Artikel ist schneller versandfertig. If you are not familiar with Oliver Sacks, you should know that he uses A LOT (I mean a LOT) of footnotes. Hide other … Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 8. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Dieser Artikel kann nicht per 1-Click® bestellt werden. Rezension aus Deutschland vom 3. A Writer Who Treats the Reader as an Intelligent Person. an der Kasse variieren. Couple this with Oliver Sacks' ability to empathise and admire his patients and this is indeed a very heart warming and fascinating book. 2 Personen fanden diese Informationen hilfreich, Sacks' gift - Seing patients as individuals, Rezension aus Deutschland vom 9. Understanding how are mind works, how we construct the self, or build our morality, we need to reverse re-engineer the mental process from "damaged" minds, or people that are born with non-normal brains. 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