{"product_id":"this-is-your-brain-on-music-9780241987353","title":"This is Your Brain on Music","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Changing Mind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Organized Mind\u003c\/i\u003e comes The\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller which unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with music\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e*****\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''What do the music of Bach, Depeche Mode and John Cage fundamentally have in common?'' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusic is an obsession at the heart of human nature, even more fundamental to our species than language. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Mozart to the Beatles, neuroscientist, psychologist and internationally-bestselling author Daniel Levitin reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born and explains why music can offer such an emotional experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThis Is Your Brain On Music \u003c\/i\u003eLevitin offers nothing less than a new way to understand music, and what it can teach us about ourselves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e*****\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Music seems to have an almost wilful, evasive quality, defying simple explanation, so that the more we find out, the more there is to know . . . Daniel Levitin''s book is an eloquent and poetic exploration of this paradox'' Sting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''You''ll never hear music in the same way again'' \u003ci\u003eClassic FM magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Music, Levitin argues, is not a decadent modern diversion but something of fundamental importance to the history of human development'' \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFluent and readable... [Levitin] rightly insists that we are all better equipped to perform and appreciate music than we think... We are, he says, hard-wired for music. * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eConsistently interesting... Music, Levitin argues, is not a decadent modern diversion but something of fundamental importance to the history of human development * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eEndlessly stimulating -- Oliver Sacks\u003cbr\u003eMusic seems to have an almost willful, evasive quality, defying simple explanation, so that the more we find out, the more there is to know... Daniel Levitin's book is an eloquent and poetic exploration of this paradox -- Sting\u003cbr\u003eYou'll never hear music in the same way again * Classic FM magazine *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733432578391,"sku":"9780241987353","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241987353.jpg?v=1720000056","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/this-is-your-brain-on-music-9780241987353","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}