Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets

by Luke Dittrich

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"Oliver Sacks meets Stephen King"* in this propulsive, haunting journey into the life of the most studied human research subject of all time, the amnesic known as Patient H.M., a man who forever altered our understanding of how memory works--and whose treatment raises deeply unsettling questions about the human cost of scientific progress. For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks comes a story that has much to teach us about our relentless...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0812992733

ISBN13:9780812992731

Release Date:August 2016

Publisher:Random House

Length:464 Pages

Weight:1.69 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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