Bibliograph

Music by the numbers, from Pythagoras to Schoenberg, Eli Maor

Type

Label

Music by the numbers, from Pythagoras to Schoenberg, Eli Maor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmusicmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Music by the numbers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

992438340

Responsibility statement

Eli Maor

Sub title

from Pythagoras to Schoenberg

Summary

How music has influenced mathematics, physics, and astronomy from ancient Greece to the twentieth century

Table Of Contents

Prologue: A world in crisis -- String theory, 500 BCE -- Sidebar A. It's all about nomenclatures -- Enlightenment -- The great string debate, 1730-1780 -- Sidebar B. The Slinky -- A most precious gift -- Musical temperament -- Sidebar C. Music for the record books: the lowest, the longest, the oldest, and the weirdest -- Musical gadgets: the tuning fork and the metronome -- Rhythm, meter, and metric -- Frames of reference: where am I? -- Sidebar D. Musical hierarchies -- Relativistic music -- Aftermath -- Sidebar E. The Bernoulli -- The last Pythagoreans

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