Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2024-10-05
Books mentioned on Scientists Discuss Music and the Origins of Language
Daniel Levitin discussed The Singing Neanderthals by Steven J. Mithen. Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed I Heard There Was a Secret Chord by Daniel J. Levitin.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Singing Neanderthals
Discussed“and Steven Myan has written a wonderful book called The Singing neanderthals MH where he posits that some sort of Proto language was music”
Where to get it
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I Heard There Was a Secret Chord
Discussed“so in it which has a the beautiful title I heard there was a secret chord it's great”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The World in Six Songs
“and this is something I devoted a whole book to in 2008 the world in six songs the subtitle was how the musical brain created human nature”
Plugged The World in Six Songs
“Yeah, so I mentioned this because in 2019 there were a couple of target articles about the evolution of music, and this is something I devoted a whole book to in 2008, The World in Six Songs.”
Plugged Successful Aging
“and so what I said in my book successful aging and reiterated it in this Chuck when you lose half your brain you might still be able to tell jokes”
Plugged I Heard There Was a Secret Chord
“So, Daniel, you have a recent book published with W. W. Norton. That's who your publisher is? Anyone over 70 will get that reference! No! Yeah, if you’re an Eddie Murphy fan, you’ll get it too! You’ll get that from that one skit he did! I'm with W. W. Norton, very happy! Yeah! I have a few books with W.”
Plugged This Is Your Brain on Music
“so this is the book I wanted to write 20 years ago when I wrote this is your brain on music”
Plugged This Is Your Brain on Music
“So this is the book I wanted to write 20 years ago when I wrote This Is Your Brain on Music. But there was not enough evidence for medical applications of music!”