在线阅读本书 In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between musicits performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy itand the human brain. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, Levitin reveals: How composers produce som...(展开全部)

A fascinating exploration of the relationship between music and the mind—and the role of melodies in shaping our lives Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life—even if you never realized it. Why does music evoke such powerful moods? The answers are at last be- coming clear, thanks to revolutionary neuroscience and the emergin...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between musicits performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy itand the human brain. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, Levitin reveals: How composers produce som...(展开全部)

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive explanation of how humans experience music and to unravel the mystery of our perennial love affair with it. Using musical examples from Bach to The Beatles, he reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born and explains why music can offer such an emotional exp...(展开全部)

萨拉·E.希尔（Sarah E. Hill），生于美国威斯康星州，进化心理学家、作家。威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校人类学学士、得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校进化心理学博士，现为得克萨斯克里斯汀大学心理学教授。她关注女性与健康，其研究与写作集中在进化生物学、社会心理学与神经科学的交叉领域，旨在了解激素、免疫系统与环境在人际关系和健康行为中的作用。 万尘尘，“85后”英语译者，上海外国语大学信息管理与法语文学双学士。毕业后从事广告行业近十年，2016年移居台北，业余从事翻译工作。 即使本书所研究的对象与你无关，请相信这里一定有你的位置，希望你能在这本书中看到你自己故事的一部分。（萨拉·E.希尔）

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Pollan, a radical challenge to how we think about drugs, and an exploration into the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants—and the equally powerful taboos. Of all the things humans rely on plants for—sustenance, beauty, medicine, fragrance, flavor, fiber—surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousne...(展开全部)

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豪尔赫•陈（Jorge Cham）： 曾获艾美奖提名的漫画家，他创作的“PhD漫画”系列在网络上广为传播，得到《科学》《纽约时报》等媒体高度评价。他在斯坦福大学获得机器人科学博士学位后，曾任加州理工大学讲师、助理研究员；他担任美国公共广播公司儿童频道动画节目《埃莉诺想知道为什么》的共同创作者、执行制片人和创意总监，是科普图书《一想到还有95%的问题留给人类，我就放心了》《人类知道的太多了》的作者之一。 德韦恩·戈德温（Dwayne Godwin）： 神经科学家、教育家，美国维克森林大学教授。

Biology until recently has been the neglected stepchild of science, and many educated people have little grasp of how biology explains the natural world. Yet to address the major political and moral questions that face us today, we must acquire an understanding of their biological roots. This magisterial new book by Ernst Mayr will go far to remedy this situation. An eye...(展开全部)