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Music by the numbers : from Pythagoras to Schoenberg
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Music by the numbers : from Pythagoras to Schoenberg

by Eli Maor

This study explores the reciprocal relationship between music, mathematics, and the sciences from ancient Greece to the twentieth century. It examines how musical problems, such as the vibrating string, have influenced developments in physics, geometry, and astronomy.

Accession 13797 ISBN 9780691176901 Publisher Princeton University Press
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