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Music and the making of modern science

by Peter Pesic

An exploration of music's influence on the development of modern science, from fifteenth-century cosmology to string theory. It analyses how musical concepts informed scientific breakthroughs in fields such as the colour spectrum, wave theory, and quantum mechanics.

Accession 7815 ISBN 9780262027274 Publisher —
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