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001 2010012791
003 DLC
005 20150906214538.0
008 100413s2010 nyua b 001 0 eng
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn505417145
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050 00 $aRC423$b.S23 2010
082 00 $a616.85/5$222
100 1 $aSacks, Oliver,$d1933-2015.
245 14 $aThe mind's eye /$cOliver Sacks.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2010.
300 $axii, 263 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
500 $a"A Borzoi book" -- T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-252) and index.
505 0 $aSight reading -- Recalled to life -- A man of letters -- Face-blind -- Stereo Sue -- Persistence of vision: a journal -- The mind's eye.
520 $aIncludes stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and faculties: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, and the sense of sight. This book is a testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and to the power of creativity and adaptation, and it provides a whole new perspective on the power of language and communication, as we try to imagine what it is to perceive through another person's eyes, or another person's mind.
650 0 $aCommunicative disorders$vPopular works.
650 0 $aCognition disorders$vPopular works.
650 0 $aFace perception$vPopular works.
650 0 $aPerception$vPopular works.
650 0 $aNeurology$vAnecdotes.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2010012791-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2010012791-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2010012791-s.html