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An anthropologist on Mars : seven paradoxical tales / Oliver Sacks.

Author/creator Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015
Format Book and Print
Edition1st Vintage Books ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Vintage Books, 1996, ©1995.
Descriptionxix, 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Subject(s)
Contents 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.
Abstract 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.
General noteOriginally published: New York : Knopf, 1995.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-[316]) and index.
LCCN 94026733
ISBN0679756973 (pbk.) :
ISBN9780679756972 (pbk.)

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Laupus Popular Reading Collection WZ 305 S121A 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold