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This is your brain on music : the science of a human obsession / Daniel J. Levitin.

By: Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Dutton, c2006.Description: vi, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0525949690 (hardcover)
  • 9780525949695
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781/.11 22
LOC classification:
  • ML3830 .L38 2006
Online resources:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks ML3830 .L38 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001075513

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-300) and index.

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.

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