A provocative exploration of the mysteries of the human mind, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a million-copy bestseller by the twentieth century's greatest neurologist. If inconceivably strange, these brilliant tales illuminate what it means to be human. Here are people who can no longer recognize everyday objects or those they love who are stricken with violent tics or shout involuntary obscenities who have been dismissed as autistic or retarded, yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients struggling to adapt to often bizarre worlds of neurological disorder. If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it. Each essay tells the story of a real patient Sacks once encountered. Sacks, a practicing clinical neurologist. The book is narrated in first-person by Dr. With an introduction by Will Self A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat is a collection of twenty-four clinical tales about a wide variety of strange and remarkable neurological disorders. Print The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat About The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat 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 who are no longer able to recognize common objects to those who. Oliver Sacks was a neurologist who worked with patients with varying neurological disorders over the course of his career, and wrote about the most interesting.
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