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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Daniel Heller-RoazenAudience:Young AdultPublish date:4/11/2011Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Zone BooksISBN-13:9781935408161ISBN-10:193540816XUPC:9781935408161Book Category:Philosophy, ScienceBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Philosophy & Social AspectsSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCD3CTZ2XC
The Fifth Hammer: Pythagoras and the Disharmony of the World
A revolutionary history and theory of harmony from music to metaphysics
An ancient tradition holds that Pythagoras invented harmony. It is said that one day, he wandered by a forge and, hearing a wondrous sound come from within, ventured in to investigate. He found five men hammering with five hammers. To his astonishment, he discovered that four of the five hammers stood in a marvelous set of...Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Zone BooksISBN-13:9781935408161ISBN-10:193540816XUPC:9781935408161Book Category:Philosophy, ScienceBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Philosophy & Social AspectsSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCD3CTZ2XC
Daniel Heller-Roazen is the Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University. His is the author, most recently, of Absentees: On Variously Missing Persons; No One's Ways: An Essay on Infinite Naming; and Dark Tongues: The Art of Rogues and Riddlers. His books have been translated into many languages. Heller-Roazen is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and...
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