Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg

Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg - Paperback

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Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg

Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg - Paperback

by Eli Maor
$17.95
Sale price  $17.95 Regular price 

Book Overview

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 Arnold Schoenberg, Iannis Xenakis, and Karlheinz Stockhausen wrote music explicitly based on mathematical principles. Yet Eli Maor argues that it is music that has had the greater influence on mathematics, not the other way around. Starting with Pythagoras, proceeding through Schoenberg, and bringing the story up to the present with contemporary string theory, Music by the Numbers tells a fascinating story of composers, scientists, inventors, and eccentrics who have played a role in the age-old relationship between music, mathematics, and the physical sciences. Weaving compelling stories of historical episodes with Maor's personal reflections as a mathematician and lover of classical music, this book will delight anyone who loves math and music.
ISBN9780691202969
Author Eli Maor
PublisherPrinceton University Press
GenreEducation and History
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2020
LanguageENG- English
Pages176
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Eli Maor

My name is Eli Maor. I was raised in a home that breathed art and content. I absorbed creativity with my entire essence. During my youth, I spent hours at my parent's publishing house - inhaling the color fumes from the printing machines, copying and cutting fonts on old light tables. The publishing house was the first workplace I was exposed to. Over the years, the passion for learning burned within me and I finished my B.A. in Media and business management, and later on started my interior design studies. The media side exposed me to photography and editing. The management side gave me the tools to manage a business. In order to finance my college studies, I worked at art sales booths and sold handmade craft I created - jewelry, wreaths, hair accessories and anything that looked beautiful to me that could make any person or space happier, colorful and creative. Along the way, I created hundreds of pixelart drawings in Griddlers.net. These drawings brought me recognition and a lot of love and appreciation. After my mom passed away I found comfort in creating and sharing my art. I started my YouTube channel that contains many of the ideas, that inspired me to share my everyday lifestyle. The "Craft Kingdom" book was born after years of working with any material I could get my hands on, workshops I taught, accumulating information about crafts and a lot of trial and error. This book contains practical and creative information in order to inspire and motivate anyone to create and embellish everything you wish.

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