Status
Available
Collection
Publication
London : The Bodley Head , 2010
Description
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. --from publisher description
User reviews
LibraryThing member HadriantheBlind
Impressive book about the technical and psychological sides of music. Explained things very well, although some questions still remained unclear. Interesting, all the same.
Awards
Choice Outstanding Academic Title (Music — 2011)
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (Longlist — 2010)