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Music and the making of modern science / Peter Pesic.
| Author/creator | Pesic, Peter |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014] |
| Description | viii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile HSS Monographs |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Music and the making of ancient science -- The dream of Oresme -- Moving the immovable -- Hearing the irrational -- Kepler and the song of the Earth -- Descartes' musical apprenticeship -- Mersenne's universal harmony -- Newton and the mystery of the major sixth -- Euler: the mathematics of musical sadness -- Euler: from sound to light -- Young's musical optics -- Electric sounds -- Hearing the field -- Helmholtz and the sirens -- Riemann and the sound of space -- Tuning the atoms -- Planck's cosmic harmonium -- Unheard harmonies. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-333) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013041746 |
| ISBN | 9780262027274 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0262027275 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |