{"product_id":"the-music-instinct-9780099535447","title":"The Music Instinct","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy have all human cultures - today and throughout history - made music? Why does music excite such rich emotion? How do we make sense of musical sound? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are questions that have, until recently, remained mysterious. Now \u003ci\u003eThe Music Instinct\u003c\/i\u003e explores how the latest research in music psychology and brain science is piecing together the puzzle of how our minds understand and respond to music. Ranging from Bach fugues to nursery rhymes to heavy rock, Philip Ball interweaves philosophy, mathematics, history and neurology to reveal why music moves us in so many ways. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithout requiring any specialist knowledge, \u003ci\u003eThe Music Instinct \u003c\/i\u003ewill both deepen your appreciation of the music you love, and open doors to music that once seemed alien, dull or daunting, offering a passionate plea for the importance of music in education and in everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''You''ll never listen to music the same way again'' - \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWonderful account of why music matters... one of the finest and most versatile of current non-fiction writers * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eExemplary... In contemplating the mysteries of music we are also contemplating the mystery of ourselves... Ball, thankfully, doesn't try to provide any easy answers, but rather sends the reader back to the music a better listener * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a truly fascinating and eye-opening account of a phenomenon so commonplace we barely think about it, yet one which is also mind-bogglingly complicated. Once you've read \u003ci\u003eThe Music Instinct\u003c\/i\u003e, you'll never listed to music the same way again * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eA musical experience in itself...his love of the subject is abundantly evident.. His mastery of many scientific disciplines is a delight * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eImpressively engaging...it will be the rare music lover that does not come away without having learned many interesting things * Guardian *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732276490583,"sku":"9780099535447","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099535447.jpg?v=1719996235","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-music-instinct-9780099535447","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}