{"product_id":"the-minds-eye","title":"The Mind's Eye","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eSecond Hand\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe bestselling author of \"The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat\" describes how we experience the visual world\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \"Musicophilia\", Oliver Sacks explored music and the brain; now, in \"The Mind's Eye\", he writes about the myriad ways in which we experience the visual world: how we see in three dimensions; how we recognize individual faces or places; how we use language to communicate verbally; how we translate marks on paper into words and paragraphs, even how we represent the world internally when our eyes are closed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlongside remarkable stories of people who have lost these abilities but adapted with courage, resilience and ingenuity, there is an added, personal element: one day in late 2005, Sacks became aware of a dazzling, flashing light in one part of his visual field; it was not the familiar migraine aura he had experienced since childhood, and just two days later a malignant tumor in one eye was diagnosed. In subsequent journal entries - some of which are included in \"The Mind's Eye\" - he chronicled the experience of living with cancer, recording both the effects of the tumor itself, and radiation therapy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn turning himself into a case history, Sacks has given us perhaps his most intimate, impressive and insightful (no pun intended) book yet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oliver Sacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43026828886185,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/mindseye.jpg?v=1681523905","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-minds-eye","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}