Hallucinations (book)

For other uses, see Hallucinations (disambiguation).
Hallucinations
Author Oliver Sacks
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

References

  1. The Week - Review of reviews: Books, pp. 19
  2. "More about Hallucinations", oliversacks.com. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  3. "Andrew Motion announces shortlist for the Wellcome Book Prize 2014". Wellcome Trust. 25 February 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  4. GrrlScientist (26 February 2014). "Wellcome Trust's Book Prize 2014 shortlist announced". The Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2014.


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