V této knize, plné fascinujících a neobvyklých lidských příběhů, nás jeden z nejznámějších současných neurologů a psychologů uvádí do světa svých pacientů. Jejich životy, nemoci i odlišnosti popisuje s neobvyklou mírou empatie a představuje je jako... Zobraziť viac
V této knize, plné fascinujících a neobvyklých lidských příběhů, nás jeden z nejznámějších současných neurologů a psychologů... Zobraziť viac
Do týchto siedmich paradoxných príbehov neurologických porúch a kreativity Oliver Sacks vložil nesmiernu empatiu a ľudskosť, vďaka ktorým sú jeho klinické poviedky oceňované na celom svete. Autor úspešnej knihy MUŽ, KTORÝ SI MÝLIL MANŽELKU S... Zobraziť viac
Oliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own minds... Zobraziť viac
No writer has succeeded in capturing the medical and human drama of illness as honestly and as eloquently as Oliver Sacks. ... Zobraziť viac
Dr. Oliver Sacks’s books Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars, and the bestselling The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat have been acclaimed for their extraordinary compassion in the treatment of patients affected with ... Zobraziť viac
When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: “Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far.” It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on ... Zobraziť viac
Long before Oliver Sacks became a distinguished neurologist and bestselling writer, he was a small English boy fascinated by metals–also by chemical reactions (the louder and smellier the better), photography, squids ... Zobraziť viac
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In his most extraordinary book, the bestselling author of Awakenings and "poet laureate of medicine” (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients inhabiting the compelling world of neurological disorders, from those ... Zobraziť viac
What is autism: a devastating developmental condition, a lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is all of these things and more - and the future of our society ... Zobraziť viac