{"product_id":"book-ecds","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.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49326723727664,"sku":"BDecds","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/401436-ecds-Square.jpg?v=1733656129","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ecds","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}