num_pages: 280
description: A SCIENTIST LOOKS AT ECCENTRICS-AND THE ODDITIES THAT KEEP THEM SANEAfter years of research, a practicing psychotherapist has proof that eccentrics are usually healthier than the rest of us-as well as more creative, more idealistic, more opinionated, and much more fun to read about. Dr. David Weeks fills his hook with fascinating case studies, including JoshuaAbraham Norton, who once proclaimed himself Emperor of America and even convinced many people to consider themselves his Dr. Patch Adams, founder of the Gesundheit Institute and a physician who believes that humor fosters healing and dresses as a clown to treat his patients; and FlorenceFoster Jenkins, a would-be diva whose love of music was exceeded only by her lack of talent, but whose wealth enabled her to stage a recital at Carnegie Hall, Entertaining, funny, and thought provoking, Eccentrics introduces a series of extraordinary men and women-and encourages us to enjoy our ownhealthy eccentricities as well.
language: English
title: Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness
titlecomplete: Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness (Kodansha Globe)
genres: History, Mental Health, Sociology, Psychology, Biography, Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 245
publisher: Kodansha USA