{"product_id":"river-of-consciousness","title":"River of Consciousness","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRiver of Consciousness\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eOliver Sacks\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780804171007\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVintage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2018\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\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\n\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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"River of Consciousness | Oliver Sacks | Paperback | 9780804171007 | Used: Like New | Psychology 1760659 (temp: 7)","offer_id":49261335904408,"sku":"1760659","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61HGcucFJxL.jpg?v=1781717815","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/river-of-consciousness","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}