Book ID: CBB000410001

Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals (2003)

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Fauvel, John (Editor)
Flood, Raymond (Editor)
Wilson, Robin J. (Editor)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2003
Physical Details: x + 189 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Articles by leading scholars “demonstrating and analyzing … the traditions arising from the ancient beliefs that music and mathematics are fundamentally sister sciences.” (from the preface) Contents:


Includes Chapters

Chapter Johnson, Robert Sherlaw (2003) Composing with Fractals. In: Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals (p. 162). unapi

Chapter Gamer, Carlton; Wilson, Robin W. (2003) Microtones and Projective Planes. In: Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals (p. 148). unapi

Chapter Cross, Jonathan (2003) Composing with Numbers: Sets, Rows, and Magic Squares. In: Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals (p. 130). unapi

Chapter Roaf, Dermot; White, Arthur (2003) Ringing the Changes: Bells and Mathematics. In: Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals (p. 112). unapi

Chapter Hodges, Wilfrid (2003) The geometry of music. In: Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals (p. 90). unapi

Chapter Fowler, David (2003) Helmholtz: Combinational Tones and Consonance. In: Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals (p. 77). unapi

Chapter Stewart, Ian (2003) Faggot's Fretful Fiasco. In: Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals (p. 61). unapi

Chapter Taylor, Charles (2003) The science of musical sound. In: Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals (p. 47). unapi

Chapter Field, J. V. (2003) Musical Cosmology: Kepler and His Readers. In: Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals (p. 29). unapi

Chapter Bibby, Neil (2003) Tuning and Temperament: Closing the Spiral. In: Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals (p. 13). unapi

Chapter Wollenberg, Susan (2003) Music and Mathematics: An Overview. In: Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals (p. 1). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Pesic, Peter
Bromberg, Carla
Ansari, Mohammad Sadegh
Beltrami, Cesare
Liu, Yaya
Chowning, John M.
Journals
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Circumscribere: International Journal for the History of Science
Technai, An International Journal for Ancient Science and Technology
Micrologus: Nature, Sciences and Medieval Societies
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Physics in Perspective
Publishers
Gangemi Editore
Springer Science + Business Media
Franco Angeli
Columbia University
Concepts
Music
Mathematics
Acoustics
Musical instruments
Harmony (music theory)
Music theory
People
Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von
Zarlino, Gioseffo
Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus
Tartini, Giuseppe
Zhu, Zaiyu
Young, Thomas
Time Periods
19th century
Early modern
Renaissance
Medieval
20th century
16th century
Places
Germany
Baghdad (Iraq)
England
United States
Italy
France
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