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Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy

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Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy
Price:
20.95 CAD
Author:
Jourdain, Robert
Publisher:
Harper
ISBN/ISMN:
9780380782093
SKU:
JOURD001

What makes a distant oboe's wail beautiful? Why do some kinds of music lift us to ecstasy, but not others? How can music make sense to an ear and brain evolved for detecting the approaching lion or tracking the unsuspecting gazelle? Lyrically interwearving discoveries from science, psychology, music theory, paleontology, and philosophy, Robert Jourdain brilliantly examines why music speaks to us in ways that words cannot, and why we form such powerful connections to it.