This Is Your Brain On Music: Understanding a Human Obsession

Levitin, Daniel J.

ISBN 10: 1843547163 / ISBN 13: 9781843547167

Published by Atlantic Books, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: This Is Your Brain On Music: Understanding a Human Obsession
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843547163
• ISBN 13: 9781843547167
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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From the Back Cover

"Endlessly stimulating, a marvelous overview, and one which only a deeply musical neuroscientist could give. Daniel Levitin has a huge knowledge of music developed since the 1950s (and of blues, jazz, and etc. before this), and not merely a formal but a deep personal knowledge as an expert performer no less than as a listener. I liked the discussion of 'safe' and 'dangerous' music, and I very much liked the final chapter on the evolutionary origins of music. An important book."
-Oliver Sacks, M.D.