{"product_id":"the-river-of-consciousness-oliver-sacks-9780804171007","title":"The River of Consciousness","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, \u003c\/i\u003ea collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engagement with the most compelling ideas of human endeavor: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness, and experience. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Curious, avid and thrillingly fluent.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the pieces that comprise \u003ci\u003eThe River of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Sacks takes on evolution, botany, chemistry, medicine, neuroscience, and the arts, and calls upon his great scientific and creative heroes--above all, Darwin, Freud, and William James. For Sacks, these thinkers were constant companions from an early age. The questions they explored--the meaning of evolution, the roots of creativity, and the nature of consciousness--lie at the heart of science and of this book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe River of Consciousness \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates Sacks's unparalleled ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless endeavor to understand what makes us human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oliver Sacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804171009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804171007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Oliver Sacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050132828415,"sku":"9780804171007","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7db308d0-6339-446a-866a-9918b4226739.jpg?v=1685005414","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-river-of-consciousness-oliver-sacks-9780804171007","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}