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Daniel J. Levitin, 2008, 354 pages

Could musique unlock the mystery of who we are and how we think?

An unprecedented blend of science and art, Daniel Levitin’s bestselling debut, This Is Your Brain on Music, changed the way we understand how musique gets in our heads. Now, in what is being called a tour de force par leading scientists, he presents his audacious theory of ‘six songs,’ the key to how musique shaped humanity across cultures and throughout history.

Preserving the emotional heritage of our lives and of our species, musique from its very beginning, was allied to dance, as the structure...