Pride and a Daily Marathon
$70.86
- Paperback
216 pages
- Release Date
11 July 1995
Summary
At the age of 19, Ian Waterman was suddenly struck down at work by a rare neurological illness that deprived him of all sensation below the neck. He fell on the floor in a heap, unable to stand or control his limbs, having lost the sense of joint position and proprioception, of that “sixth sense” of his body in space, which we all take for granted. After months in a neurological ward he was judged incurable and condemned to a life of wheelchair dependence. This is the first U.S. publication o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262531368 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262531364 |
| Author: | Jonathan Cole, Ian Waterman, Oliver Sacks |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 11 July 1995 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Pride and a Daily Marathon |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A story at once terrifying and inspiring… It is a remarkable human document, a neurological epic. A case-history, a physiological investigation, a detective story and a romance.” Oliver Sacks
About The Author
Jonathan Cole
Jonathan Cole, D.M., F.R.C.P., is Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology, Poole Hospital, and at Salisbury Hospital (with its Spinal Centre), a Professor at Bournemouth University and a visiting Senior Lecturer, Southampton University.The late Oliver Sacks was a neurologist and the author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings, Musicophilia, and other books.
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