From Ancient Greek times, music has been seen as a mathematical art, and the relationship between mathematics and music has fascinated generations. This collection of wide ranging, comprehensive and fully-illustrated papers, authorized by leading scholars, presents the link between these two subjects in a lucid manner that is suitable for students of both subjects, as well as the general reader with an interest in music. Physical, theoretical, physiological, acoustic, compositional and analytical relationships between mathematics and music are unfolded and explored with focus on tuning and...
From Ancient Greek times, music has been seen as a mathematical art, and the relationship between mathematics and music has fascinated generations. Th...
A dozen of today's leading science fiction writers provide an inside look at how their craft is accomplished. An invaluable and delightful tool for anyone who writes, "Paragons" includes advice from Kim Stanley Robinson, Bruce Sterling, James Patrick Kelly, Karen Joy Fowler, Greg Bear, and seven others.
A dozen of today's leading science fiction writers provide an inside look at how their craft is accomplished. An invaluable and delightful tool for...
In the tradition of Sylvia Nasar's A Beautiful Mind, this penetrating work explores the amazing imagination and mathematical genius of the man who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 100 illustrations.
In the tradition of Sylvia Nasar's A Beautiful Mind, this penetrating work explores the amazing imagination and mathematical genius of the man who ...
