Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691176901ISBN-10:691176906UPC:9780691176901Book Category:Mathematics, Music, ScienceBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, Instruction & Study, HistoryBook Topic:TheorySize:8.60 x 5.80 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCYSH2E6EZ
Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg
How music has influenced mathematics, physics, and astronomy from ancient Greece to the twentieth century
Music is filled with mathematical elements, the works of Bach are often said to possess a math-like logic, and Igor Stravinsky said "musical form is close to mathematics," while Arnold Schoenberg, Iannis Xenakis, and Karlheinz Stockhausen went further, writing music explicitly based on...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691176901ISBN-10:691176906UPC:9780691176901Book Category:Mathematics, Music, ScienceBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, Instruction & Study, HistoryBook Topic:TheorySize:8.60 x 5.80 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCYSH2E6EZ
Eli Maor is a former professor of the history of mathematics at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author of seven previous books, including the internationally acclaimed To Infinity and Beyond, e: The Story of a Number, Trigonometric Delights, and The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History (all Princeton).
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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