{"product_id":"the-world-in-six-songs-isbn-9780452295483","title":"The World in Six Songs","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThis Is Your Brain on Music\u003c\/i\u003e reveals music’s role in the evolution of human culture in this thought-provoking book that “will leave you awestruck” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDaniel J. Levitin's astounding debut bestseller, \u003ci\u003eThis Is Your Brain on Music\u003c\/i\u003e, enthralled and delighted readers as it transformed our understanding of how music gets in our heads and stays there. Now in his second \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, his genius for combining science and art reveals how music shaped humanity across cultures and throughout history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere he identifies six fundamental song functions or types—friendship, joy, comfort, religion, knowledge, and love—then shows how each in its own way has enabled the social bonding necessary for human culture and society to evolve. He shows, in effect, how these “six songs” work in our brains to preserve the emotional history of our lives and species.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Levitin combines cutting-edge scientific research from his music cognition lab at McGill University and work in an array of related fields; his own sometimes hilarious experiences in the music business; and illuminating interviews with musicians such as Sting and David Byrne, as well as conductors, anthropologists, and evolutionary biologists. \u003ci\u003eThe World in Six Songs\u003c\/i\u003e is, ultimately, a revolution in our understanding of how human nature evolved—right up to the iPod.The World in Six Songs\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Taking It from the Top\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eor\u003c\/i\u003e \"The Hills Are Alive . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusic and poetry. The two uniquely human components of the music brain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Friendship\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eor\u003c\/i\u003e \"War (What Is It Good For)?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial bonding, synchronous coordinated movement, the  evolution of emotional bonding, protest music for group cohesion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Joy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eor\u003c\/i\u003e \"Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first song. Neurochemical effects of music and music therapy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Comfort\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eor\u003c\/i\u003e \"Before There Was Prozac, There Was You\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy we listen to sad music when we're sad. Lullabyes and the blues. (And a short story about depressed restaurant workers pushed to the edge by a happy song.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Knowledge\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eor\u003c\/i\u003e \"I Need to Know\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusic as an information-bearing medium. Learning, memory, and oral histories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Religion\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eor\u003c\/i\u003e \"People Get Ready\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe role of music and ritual in creating order, reducing ambiguity, and commemorating important times and events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Love\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eor\u003c\/i\u003e \"Bring 'Em All In\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sense of hearing and the prefrontal cortex. Tools, musical instruments, and shaping the environment. The evolution of social  structure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e“A must-read...A literary, poetic, scientific, and musical treat.”—\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Masterful...Eminently enjoyable.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Why can a song make you cry in a matter of seconds? \u003ci\u003eSix Songs\u003c\/i\u003e is the only book that explains why.”—Bobby McFerrin, ten-time Grammy Award-winning artist (“Don't Worry, Be Happy”)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A fantastic ride.”—\u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Leading researchers in music cognition are already singing its praises.”—\u003ci\u003eEvolutionary Psychology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Exquisitely well-written and easy to read, serving up a great deal of scientific information in a gentle way for those of us who are—or just think we are—a bit science-phobic.”—Huffington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fascinating. Provides a biological explanation for why we might tap our feet or bob our heads in time with a favorite song, how singing might soothe a baby, and how music emboldens soldiers or athletes preparing for conflict.”—Associated Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An exemplary mix of scientist and artist, student and teacher, performer and listener.”—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cb\u003eDaniel J. Levitin\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and bestselling author. He is Founding Dean of Arts \u0026amp; Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco, and Professor Emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThis Is Your Brain on Music\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe World in Six Songs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Organized Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Lies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSuccessful Aging\u003c\/i\u003e. 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