Music and Astronomy From Pythagoras to Steven Spielberg /

This book explores the profound and ancient relationship between music and astronomy. Throughout history, Music has occupied a significant place among the disciplines of the Quadrivium, which also include Geometry, Arithmetic, and Astronomy. The captivating bond between these two realms has not only...

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Huvudupphovsman: Agrò, Maurizio (Författare, medförfattare)
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Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Upplaga:1st ed. 2023.
Serie:Popular Science,
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505 0 |a Foreword -- Preface -- ToC -- Introduction -- The Universe Born of Sound -- Everything Is Number. Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans -- The Music of the Spheres in Kepler’s Cosmos -- Musicians and Scientists -- From Newton to Einstein -- The Music of the Cosmos -- The Universe Is Teeming with Music -- Songs of the Space Race -- Space, the Music of the Spheres, and Movies -- Close Encounters of the Third Kind -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Index of names. 
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