This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
- ISBN-10
- 0452288525
- ISBN-13
- 9780452288522
- Series
- This is Your Brain on Music
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 322
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Plume Books
- Author
- Daniel J. Levitin
Description
LEVITIN/THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
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- 2019-07-04
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