Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg Hardcover - 2018
by Maor, Eli
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- Title Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg
- Author Maor, Eli
- Binding Hardcover
- Condition New
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date 2018-05-01
- Features Bibliography, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # N-gj24-09080
- ISBN 9780691176901 / 0691176906
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.6 x 5.8 x 1 in (21.84 x 14.73 x 2.54 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Music - Acoustics and physics, Music - Mathematics
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017031417
- Dewey Decimal Code 781.2
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From the rear cover
"A fascinating investigation of the relationship between math and music--what they have in common, how they differ, and how each has informed the other, from Pythagoras to Schoenberg, from violin strings to superstrings. A delightful examination of how math and culture interact."--Ian Stewart, author of Significant Figures
"Writing beautifully as he explores the relationship between mathematics and classical music, Eli Maor makes mathematics sing like a violin."--Jerry King, author of The Art of Mathematics
"I loved this book. I couldn't put down Maor's interesting fusion of music theory, mathematics, history, physics, and personal narrative. No other book blends these elements in such an appealing way."--Robert Schneider, musician and mathematician
"Music by the Numbers offers a great many original revelations about the connections between mathematics and music."--Joseph Mazur, author of Fluke: The Math and Myth of Coincidence
"Eli Maor is always a good storyteller and Music by the Numbers should interest mathematicians who enjoy classical music as well as musicians who are curious about the mathematics behind music."--Robert W. Langer, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
