What an odd thing it is to see an entire species -- billions of people -- playing with, listening to meaningless tonal patterns, occupied and preoccupied for much of their time by what they call 'music.' (-- The Overlords, from Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End)
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About Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks was a 20th-century British neurologist and writer. Oliver Wolf Sacks was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Music — The universal language of melody, rhythm, and harmony