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This is your brain on music : the science of a human obsession
- Title
- This is your brain on music : the science of a human obsession / Daniel J. Levitin.
- Author
- Levitin, Daniel J.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Dutton, c2006.
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- Description
- vi, 314 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-300) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: I love music and I love science-- why would I want to mix the two? -- What is music? : from pitch to timbre -- Foot tapping : discerning rhythm, loudness, and harmony -- Behind the curtain : music and the mind machine -- Anticipation : what we expect from Liszt (and Ludacris) -- You know my name, look up the number : how we categorize music -- After dessert, Crick was still four seats away from me : music, emotion, and the reptilian brain -- What makes a musician? : expertise dissected -- My favorite things : why do we like the music we like? -- The music instinct : evolution's #1 hit.
- Call Number
- JME 06-705
- ISBN
- 0525949690 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2006009055
- 9780525949695
- OCLC
- 65197831
- Author
- Levitin, Daniel J.
- Title
- This is your brain on music : the science of a human obsession / Daniel J. Levitin.
- Imprint
- New York, N.Y. : Dutton, c2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-300) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780525949695
- Research Call Number
- JME 06-705