The Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It - Couverture souple

Ball, Philip

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0199896429 ISBN 13 : 9780199896424

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2012

Synopsis

From Bach fugues to Indonesian gamelan, from nursery rhymes to rock, music has cast its light into every corner of human culture. But why music excites such deep passions, and how we make sense of musical sound at all, are questions that have until recently remained unanswered. Now in The Music Instinct, award-winning writer Philip Ball provides the first comprehensive, accessible survey of what is known--and still unknown--about how music works its magic, and why, as much as eating and sleeping, it seems indispensable to humanity. Deftly weaving together the latest findings in brain science with history, mathematics, and philosophy, The Music Instinct not only deepens our appreciation of the music we love, but shows that we would not be ourselves without it. The Sunday Times hailed it as "a wonderful account of why music matters," with Ball's "passion for music evident on every page."

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Philip Ball is a freelance writer and the author of numerous books, including Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral and Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads To Another, which won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199896429
• ISBN 13: 9780199896424
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible