THE MUSIC INSTINCT: HOW MUSIC WORKS AND WHY WE CAN’T DO WITHOUT IT
Book ID/图书代码： 00200009B33371
English Summary/英文概要： All human cultures seem to make music - today and through history. But why they do so, why music can excite deep passions, and how we make sense of musical sound at all are questions that have, until recently, remained profoundly mysterious. Now in "The Music Instinct" Philip Ball provides the first comprehensive, accessible survey of what is known - and what is still unknown - about how music works its magic, and why, as much as eating and sleeping, it seems indispensable to humanity. Even with what appear to be the simplest of tunes, the brain is performing some astonishing gymnastics: finding patterns and regularities, forming interpretations and expectations that create a sense of aesthetic pleasure. Without requiring any specialist knowledge of music or science, "The Music Instinct" explores how the latest research in music psychology and brain science is piecing together the puzzle of how our minds understand and respond to music.
Ranging from Bach fugues to Javanese gamelan, from nursery rhymes to heavy rock, Philip Ball interweaves philosophy, mathematics, history and neurology to reveal why music moves us in so many ways. "The Music Instinct" will not only deepen your appreciation of the music you love, but will also guide you into pastures new, opening a window on music that once seemed alien, dull or daunting. And it offers a passionate plea for the importance of music in education and in everyday life, arguing that, whether we know it or not, we can all claim to be musical experts.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 音樂是全世界共通的語言!!
人的腦會對音樂的品味做出選擇，一個人對音樂的喜好，也可以了解一個人的個性。
我們的生活離不開音樂。
就藝術家而言，音樂以其特有的方式給與創作家特殊的刺激。
就行銷者的角度，以路邊的商店做比較，有播放音樂商店的業績往往比沒放音樂的店家，生意高出許多。
就病患的治療過程，音樂可以幫助患者放鬆心情，減輕痛苦。
本書作者Philip Ball進一步指出，古典樂、流行樂、新世紀音樂、藍調、搖滾、鄉村樂，這些形態的音樂本身幾個重要的特性，例如節奏，音調，音質與旋律，一些研究顯示音樂是由右大腦處理的，聆聽音樂與欣賞音樂是一個複雜的過程，涉及到記憶、學習與情緒，因此腦中許多部位都對音樂性經驗十分重要。
Philip Ball在本書中還指出古典音樂可能是改進記憶、增加智慧的好方法。他提出的一項研究顯示，聽古典音樂能夠增強人的記憶力，這個效應為「莫扎特效應」因為能夠改進記憶的音樂選集都是莫扎特的作品。如果你能由一首樂曲從中了解其變化特性，那麼你將進一步開發大腦的無限潛能。(CL)
Awards/获奖情况：榮獲全球科普書最高榮譽--艾凡提斯科學圖書大獎（Aventis Prize）
Aventis Prize for science books
「這是一本閃耀著知識光芒的書，你一定會對書中的描述大為驚奇。」---全世界最受歡迎的科普作家 比爾‧布萊森(Bill Bryson) 讚譽推薦
版權已售: UK: Bodley Head (Editor Will Sulkin)
About the Author/作者介绍： Philip Ball is a freelance writer and a consultant editor for Nature, where he previously worked as an editor for physical sciences. He writes regularly in the scientific and popular media, and his many books on scientific subjects include The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature, H2O: A Biography of Water, The Devil’s Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science, and Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads To Another, which won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. His latest books are The Sun and Moon Corrupted, a novel, Universe of Stone: Chatres Cathedral and the Triumph of the Medieval Mind, and Nature’s Patterns. Philip obtained a PhD in physics from the University of Bristol - where he also played a lot of music.
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