The Music Instinct by Philip Ball
A survey about how music works its magic, and why, as much as eating and sleeping, it seems indispensable to humanity. It explores how research in music psychology and brain science is piecing together the puzzle of how our minds understand and respond to music.
A truly fascinating and eye-opening account of a phenomenon so commonplace we barely think about it, yet one which is also mind-bogglingly complicatedOnce you've read The Music Instinct, you'll never listed to music the same way again -- Doug Johnstone * Independent *
Remarkable capacity to use words to open our ears -- Damian Thompson * Sunday Telegraph, Book of the Week *
I defy anyone to read this book without coming away better informed about why music affects us in such a profound way... His passion for music is evident on every page, and his enthusiasms are infectious. -- Bee Wilson * The Sunday Times *
If you try listening to music after reading this book, you'll probably hear it differently - more knowingly, even -- Tom Payne * Telegraph *
This book surveys current thinking and tells you why music rocks -- rev’d Iain Finlayson * Times *
Remarkable capacity to use words to open our ears -- Damian Thompson * Sunday Telegraph, Book of the Week *
I defy anyone to read this book without coming away better informed about why music affects us in such a profound way... His passion for music is evident on every page, and his enthusiasms are infectious. -- Bee Wilson * The Sunday Times *
If you try listening to music after reading this book, you'll probably hear it differently - more knowingly, even -- Tom Payne * Telegraph *
This book surveys current thinking and tells you why music rocks -- rev’d Iain Finlayson * Times *
Philip Ball writes regularly in the scientific and popular media and worked for many years as an editor for physical sciences at Nature. His books cover a wide range of scientific and cultural phenomena, and include Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads To Another (winner of the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books), The Music Instinct, Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything, Serving The Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Science Under Hitler and Invisible: The history of the Unseen from Plato to Particle Physics.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847920881 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847920888 |
| Title | The Music Instinct |
| Author | Philip Ball |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2010-02-04 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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