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001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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10628 |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20150528212056.0 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780330418386 (pbk.) : |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0330418386 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780330418386 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
781 |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Sacks, Oliver W |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Musicophilia : tales of music and the brain / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Oliver Sacks. |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
Rev. and expanded [ed.]. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Picador |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2008 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xv, 425 p. ; 20 cm. - pbk |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Music - Psychological aspects |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Music - Physiological aspects |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Music - Philosophy and aesthetics |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Music - Anecdotes |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Music |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
Previous ed.: New York: Knopf; London: Picador, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-409) and index. |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
From the best-selling author of 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat', this book explores the ability of music to arouse, inspire and comfort us. Sacks explores this phenomenon through various unusual case studies, including that of a man struck by lightning who subsequently became obsessed with Chopin. |