Musicophilia, Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sachs (2008)
Read: January-February 2009
This was one of our early request books that came shipped out to us by visiting parents. I'd read one of the Oliver Sachs book before....or maybe two... and found them interesting - a bit science-y but also quite accessible.
This was a lot harder than I expected. I thought it would be again science-y but about music and it was, but the science weighed in too heavy for me and parts were quite difficult and heavy to get through. It did give a few interesting examples that I liked, such as seeing colours as music, but the case studies were really quite long.
I got through it with a lot of effort. Scott started it, but couldn't get far. I only really persevered because I knew we'd asked for it specifically to be bought out!
Read: January-February 2009
This was one of our early request books that came shipped out to us by visiting parents. I'd read one of the Oliver Sachs book before....or maybe two... and found them interesting - a bit science-y but also quite accessible.
This was a lot harder than I expected. I thought it would be again science-y but about music and it was, but the science weighed in too heavy for me and parts were quite difficult and heavy to get through. It did give a few interesting examples that I liked, such as seeing colours as music, but the case studies were really quite long.
I got through it with a lot of effort. Scott started it, but couldn't get far. I only really persevered because I knew we'd asked for it specifically to be bought out!
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