{"id":34390,"date":"2022-03-29T10:31:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T15:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=34390"},"modified":"2022-03-29T10:31:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T15:31:45","slug":"the-robot-who-mistook-his-hat-for-a-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/29\/the-robot-who-mistook-his-hat-for-a-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"The Robot Who Mistook His Hat For A Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I might have two things mixed up here. Anyway, cheap in Kindle form:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Man-Who-Mistook-His-Wife-ebook\/dp\/B091MDF73Z\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1KOK5NOO0RZV3&amp;keywords=the+man+who+mistook+his+wife+for+a+hat+kindle&amp;qid=1648563567&amp;sprefix=the+man+who+mistook+his+wife+for+a+hat+kindl%252Caps%252C128&amp;sr=8-1&#038;_encoding=UTF8&#038;tag=grlasbl0a-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;linkId=deba300fe0a5732a2d9aa7d37a88ebee&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325\" rel=\"noopener\">The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat<\/a>*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In his most extraordinary book, the bestselling author of Awakenings and &#8220;poet laureate of medicine\u201d (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients inhabiting the compelling world of neurological disorders, from those who are no longer able to recognize common objects to those who gain extraordinary new skills.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring a new preface, Oliver Sacks\u2019s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with perceptual and intellectual disorders: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; whose limbs seem alien to them; who lack some skills yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. In Dr. Sacks\u2019s splendid and sympathetic telling, his patients are deeply human and his tales are studies of struggles against incredible adversity. A great healer, Sacks never loses sight of medicine\u2019s ultimate responsibility: \u201cthe suffering, afflicted, fighting human subject.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/I-Robot-Book-1-ebook\/dp\/B000FC1PW0\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=L6O91RU9C90P&amp;keywords=irobot+kindle&amp;qid=1648565102&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=i+robot+kindle%252Cstripbooks%252C83&amp;sr=1-2&#038;_encoding=UTF8&#038;tag=grlasbl0a-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;linkId=0f3ec2d1813d51e780b74fcd3a93e4ec&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325\" rel=\"noopener\">I Robot<\/a>*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nThis classic science fiction masterwork by Isaac Asimov weaves stories about robots, humanity, and the deep questions of existence into a novel of shocking intelligence and heart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA must-read for science-fiction buffs and literature enjoyers alike.\u201d\u2014The Guardian<\/p>\n<p>I, Robot, the first and most widely read book in Asimov\u2019s Robot series, forever changed the world\u2019s perception of artificial intelligence. Here are stories of robots gone mad, of mind-reading robots, and robots with a sense of humor. Of robot politicians, and robots who secretly run the world\u2014all told with the dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction that has become Asimov\u2019s trademark. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I might have two things mixed up here. Anyway, cheap in Kindle form: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat* In his most extraordinary book, the bestselling author of Awakenings and &#8220;poet laureate of medicine\u201d (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients inhabiting the compelling world of neurological disorders, from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/29\/the-robot-who-mistook-his-hat-for-a-wife\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Robot Who Mistook His Hat For A Wife<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5044],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ManMistookHat.png?fit=393%2C371&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-8WG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34390"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34393,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34390\/revisions\/34393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}