Lords of the anjos da noite

Daniel J. Levitin, 2006, 320 pages

Why human beings make and enjoy música is, in Levitin’s telling, a delicious story. In this unprecedented meeting of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between música – its performances, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it – and the human brain.

Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that música is nothing mais than an evolutionary accident, Levitin argues that música is fundamental to our species, perhaps even mais so than language. ‘This Is Your Brain On Music’ is an ear-opening,...

Eric Andros is the young son of a German fisherman who covets the power and riches to be had from life in the fast lane. Numbers always came easy to him and in the fertile environment of universidade life he is able to learn and test many of his theories about the path to becoming the richest and most powerful man in the world.

He begins to formulate a future plan for financial domination at the expense of the capitalistic systems in effect in the United States. Additional partners from around the world seek to associate with Andros as he preys upon the human frailties of the country's leaders...