http://tateeskew.com/categories/books/Recent content in Books on Tate EskewHugoen-usTate EskewTue, 01 Jan 2008 02:48:32 +0000http://tateeskew.com/weblog/2007-12-31-music-and-the-brain/Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:48:32 +0000http://tateeskew.com/weblog/2007-12-31-music-and-the-brain/<p>Amy, my wife, got me the new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Sacks">Oliver Sacks</a> book <a href="http://musicophilia.com/">Musicophilia</a> and it&rsquo;s really incredible. I&rsquo;ve just started reading it, but the book grabs you at the preface. I&rsquo;ve read one other sacks book, <em>Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood</em>, which was really great. sacks is an amazing writer and quite a scientist (he&rsquo;s a neurologist). I think about how the brain reacts to music almost daily. I&rsquo;ve also often wondered why humans seem to have some primal instinct that draws them towards music/rhythms and the reason why some people have a greater ability to &ldquo;just get it&rdquo; and a &ldquo;brain&rdquo; for it. Oliver Sacks covers this in an amazing fashion. if you love both science and music, this thing is a must-read. it&rsquo;s quite inspiring.</p>