shopping cart
Call us:  800-878-7323 HELP
McAfee SECURE helps keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.
Powell's Q&A, Q&A | June 29, 2009

Janna Cawrse Esarey: IMG Powell's Q&A: Janna Cawrse Esarey



"I fell in love with Crosby, Stills, and Nash's song 'Southern Cross' when I was fifteen. By the time I got to college, 'I'm going to sail around the world someday' was sort of my pickup line." Continue »
  1. $10.50 Sale Trade Paper add to wish list

Ships free on qualified orders.
$8.95
List price: $14.00
TRADE PAPER, USED
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
1 Hawthorne Biology- General


Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens: How Synesthetes Color Their World

by Patricia Lynn Duffy

Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens: How Synesthetes Color Their World Cover

ISBN13: 9780805071870
ISBN10: 0805071873
Condition: Standard
All Product Details

Only 1 left in stock at $8.95!

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

"A thought-provoking glimpse at how much is lurking in other people's minds-and how little we know about it." -Detroit Free Press Imagine a world in which words have colors and sounds have tastes. In his autobiography, Vladimir Nabokov described this neurological phenomenon, which helped inspire David Hockney's sets for the Metropolitan Opera. Richard Feynman experienced it while formulating the quantum theory that won him a Nobel Prize. Sometimes described as a blending of perceptions, synesthesia occurs when only one of the fives senses is aroused but two respond. Journalist Patricia Lynne Duffy draws from her own struggles and breakthroughs with synesthesia to help us better understand the condition, while describing some of the major theories surrounding it. An illuminating examination of the world of synesthetes, Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens is a must-read for science and health buffs, as well as for artists, writers, and creative thinkers-or anyone generally intrigued by the brain, the senses, and perception. 16-pp. color insert

Synopsis:

Imagine a world in which words have colors and sounds have tastes. In his autobiography, Vladimir Nabokov described this neurological phenomenon, which helped inspire David Hockney's sets for the Metropolitan Opera. Richard Feynman experienced it while formulating the quantum theory that won him a Nobel Prize.

Sometimes described as a blending of perceptions, synesthesia occurs when only one of the fives senses is aroused but two respond. Journalist Patricia Lynne Duffy draws from her own struggles and breakthroughs with synesthesia to help us better understand the condition, while describing some of the major theories surrounding it.

An illuminating examination of the world of synesthetes, Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens is a must-read for science and health buffs, as well as for artists, writers, and creative thinkers-or anyone generally intrigued by the brain, the senses, and perception.

About the Author

Patricia Lynne Duffy's essays and articles have appeared in the San

Francisco Chronicle, Newsday, The Village Voice, The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Ms., and many other magazines and newspapers. She is a co-founder of and a consultant to the American Synesthesia Association. She lives in New York City.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780805071870
Subtitle:
How Synesthetes Color Their Worlds
Author:
Duffy, Patricia Lynne
Author:
Duffy, Patricia Lynne
Publisher:
Holt Paperbacks
Subject:
Neuropsychology
Subject:
Cognitive Psychology
Subject:
Creative Ability
Subject:
General Health & Fitness
Subject:
General Health & Fitness
Publication Date:
20021101
Binding:
TP
Language:
English
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
7.90x5.08x.56 in. .51 lbs.

Other books you might like

  1. $14.50 New Mass Market add to wish list

    Rocks of Ages (UK Edition)

    Stephen Jay Gould
  2. $6.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list
  3. $9.50 Used Hardcover add to wish list

    I Have Landed

    Stephen Jay Gould
  4. $6.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list
  5. $14.95 Used Hardcover add to wish list
  6. $28.00 New Trade Paper add to wish list

    Asian Development

    Gerald Tan

Related Aisles

  • back to top

Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.