Hallucinations (book)
For other uses, see Hallucinations (disambiguation).
Author | Oliver Sacks |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | Neurology, psychology |
Publisher | Knopf/Picador, a division of Random House |
Publication date | 6 November 2012 |
Pages | 352 (First edition) |
ISBN | 978-0307957245 |
Preceded by | The Mind's Eye (2010) |
Hallucinations is a 2012 book written by the neurologist Oliver Sacks. In Hallucinations, Sacks recounts stories of hallucinations and other mind-altering episodes of both his patients and himself and uses them in an attempt to elucidate certain features and structures of the brain[1] including his own migraine headaches.[2]
Awards and honors
- 2014 Wellcome Book Prize shortlist.[3][4]
References
- ↑ The Week - Review of reviews: Books, pp. 19
- ↑ "More about Hallucinations", oliversacks.com. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
- ↑ "Andrew Motion announces shortlist for the Wellcome Book Prize 2014". Wellcome Trust. 25 February 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
- ↑ GrrlScientist (26 February 2014). "Wellcome Trust's Book Prize 2014 shortlist announced". The Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
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