false 2145045 8 <B>The author of the <I>New York Times</I> bestseller (six weeks and counting) and <I>Los Angeles Times</I> Book Award Nominee <I>This Is Your Brain on Music</I> (more than 170,000 copies in print) tunes us in to six evolutionary musical forms that provide a window into the human soul.</B><BR><BR> An unprecedented blend of science and art, Daniel Levitin’s debut, <I>This Is Your Brain on Music</I>, delighted readers with an exuberant guide to the neural impulses behind those songs that make our heart swell. Now he showcases his daring theory of “six songs,” illuminating how the brain evolved to play and listen to music in six fundamental forms—for knowledge, friendship, ceremony, joy, comfort, and love. Preserving the emotional history of our lives and of our species, from its very beginning music was also allied to dance, as the structure of the brain confirms; developing this neurological observation, Levitin shows how music and dance enabled the social bonding and friendship necessary for human culture and society to evolve.<BR><BR> Blending cutting-edge scientific findings with his own sometimes hilarious experiences as a musician and music-industry professional, Levitin’s sweeping study also incorporates wisdom gleaned from interviews with icons ranging from Sting and Paul Simon to Joni Mitchell, Willie Nelson, and David Byrne, along with classical musicians and conductors, historians, anthropologists, and evolutionary biologists. The result is a brilliant revelation of the prehistoric yet elegant systems at play when we sing and dance at a wedding or cheer at a concert—or tune out quietly with an iPod. 2150537 19 8 2008 The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature total:114|5:16|4:27|3:48|2:16|1:7| 114 371 405 51 2145045 0525950737 9780525950738 109 48 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2145045.The_World_in_Six_Songs_How_the_Musical_Brain_Created_Human_Nature 3 0 false Sun Feb 22 03:25:17 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 03:31:42 -0800 2009
Read skeptically, there is a lot of...more...]]> 2145045 0525950737 9780525950738 109 48 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2145045.The_World_in_Six_Songs_How_the_Musical_Brain_Created_Human_Nature 3 0 false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 05:14:36 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 06:46:28 -0700 2009
While from a psychological standpoint I wholly agree that music has played an undeniable role in human evolution, I for some reason find the overall concept of this book to be, almost, s...more...]]> 2145045 0525950737 9780525950738 109 48 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2145045.The_World_in_Six_Songs_How_the_Musical_Brain_Created_Human_Nature 3 0 false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 12:01:14 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 12:01:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2145045 0525950737 9780525950738 109 48 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2145045.The_World_in_Six_Songs_How_the_Musical_Brain_Created_Human_Nature 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 10:01:04 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:01:04 -0800 2009 Fans that have read This Is Your Brain on Music are in for another treat; newcomers to Levitin will still find much to enjoy in this consideration of music and human civilization. Levitin writes with both knowledge of neuroscience and evolutionary biology and a deep appreciation for the musician's c...

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The six songs/chapters:
-- Friendship or War(What is it good for?)
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OK I read it and there are parts of it that are brilliant. he ha...more...]]> 2145045 0525950737 9780525950738 109 48 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2145045.The_World_in_Six_Songs_How_the_Musical_Brain_Created_Human_Nature 3 0 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 08:03:39 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 11:42:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2145045 0525950737 9780525950738 109 48 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2145045.The_World_in_Six_Songs_How_the_Musical_Brain_Created_Human_Nature 3 0 false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 11:53:50 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 11:54:05 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 2145045 0525950737 9780525950738 109 48 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2145045.The_World_in_Six_Songs_How_the_Musical_Brain_Created_Human_Nature 5 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 11 04:32:48 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 04:39:56 -0800 2008 Through the Children's Gate)said, "...Levitin takes the most sophisticated ideas that exist about the brains and mind, applies them to the most emotionally d...more...]]> 2145045 0525950737 9780525950738 109 48 3.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2145045.The_World_in_Six_Songs_How_the_Musical_Brain_Created_Human_Nature 3 0 false Tue Mar 17 17:23:07 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 12:35:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6937530