Music and Mathematics: from Pythagoras to Fractals - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0198511876 ISBN 13: 9780198511878

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2003

Riassunto

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, authored 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 temperament, the mathematics of sound, bell-ringing and modern compositional techniques.

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Recensione

The writing throughout is wonderfully elegant and clear, so when the mathematical symbolism defeated me I could still follow the gist of the argument. (BBC Music Magazine)

This is a lucid and stimulating introduction to a many-sided topic, leavened with amusing anecdotes and occasional donnish humour. (BBC Music Magazine)

L'autore

John Fauvel is formerly of the Open University, U.K. . Raymond Flood is in the Department for Continuing Education, Oxford University. Robin Wilson is at Keble College, Oxford University.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198511876
• ISBN 13: 9780198511878
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 200
• Redattore: Fauvel John, Flood Raymond, Wilson Robin
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italia