{"product_id":"this-is-your-brain-on-music-understanding-a-human-obsession","title":"Daniel J. Levitin: This Is Your Brain On Music [2008] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent \u003c\/i\u003ebest books of the year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003ebest books of the year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first book to offer a comprehensive explanation of how humans experience music and to unravel the mystery of our perennial love affair with it. Using musical examples from Bach to the Beatles, 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\u003eMusic is an obsession at the heart of human nature, even more fundamental to our species than language. In \u003ci\u003eThis Is Your Brain On Music \u003c\/i\u003eLevitin offers nothing less than a new way to understand it, and its role in human life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levitin, Daniel J.","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47699154501971,"sku":"XV81843547167","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/levitin-daniel-j-this-is-your-brain-on-music-understanding-a-human-obsession-xv81843547167-54534853787987.jpg?v=1708269615","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/this-is-your-brain-on-music-understanding-a-human-obsession","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}