Second Sight

Zusatztext ". . . his book gives rare insight into blindness. Highly recommended." Informationen zum Autor Robert V. Hine (1921-2015) was Professor Emeritus of History and a founding member of the University of California! Riverside faculty where he taught history from 1954 to 1990.  Klappentext " Second Sight has meaning for all of us, whether we see well or not well or not at all. . . . Warm subtle, percipient, with strong feelings lightly expressed."—August Frugé "Fascinating and rich, full of important observations and insight. . . . The sense of lived life, before and after surgery, is vividly conveyed."—Oliver Sacks, MD, author of Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf and An Anthropologist on Mars   "The message of Second Sight and the experiences of Robert Hine can be embraced by anyone who cares for the blind or by those personally confronting the loss of vision. Even readers whose vision is not fading will be reminded of the true gift in sight."—Mitchell Opremcak, MD, The New England Journal of Medicine Zusammenfassung He knew he was going blind. Yet he finished graduate school, became a history professor, and wrote books about the American West. Then, nearly fifty, Robert Hine lost his vision completely. Fifteen years later, a risky eye operation restored partial vision. This book presents an account of Hine's journey into darkness and out again.

Product details

• Authors: Robert V. Hine, Hine Robert V.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.1997
• EAN: 9780520208919
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20891-9
• No. of pages: 203
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Disability: social aspects, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General