{"product_id":"musicophilia","title":"Musicophilia","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER   With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat\u003c\/i\u003e, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Powerful and compassionate. . . . A book that not only contributes to our understanding of the elusive magic of music but also illuminates the strange workings, and misfirings, of the human mind.   \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMusicophilia\u003c\/i\u003e, he shows us a variety of what he calls  musical misalignments.  Among them: a man struck by lightning who suddenly desires to become a pianist at the age of forty-two; an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; people with  amusia,  to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans; and a man whose memory spans only seven seconds-for everything but music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Illuminating, inspiring, and utterly unforgettable.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53932979749202,"sku":"9781400033539","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_e9fd432e-64f1-407d-bcca-9c71856f32b4.jpg?v=1783270829","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/musicophilia","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}