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Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science

Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science

by Levenson, Thomas
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In Measure for Measure, Thomas Levenson offers a compelling account of how scientific thinking development from the day 2,500 years ago when Pythagoras discovered the musical scale to the present day.

The story unfolds through the tales of instruments scientific and musical: the organ, the microscope, the still, the scales, Stradivari's miraculous violins and cellos, computers, and synthesizers.

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Pub dateDec 5, 1995
ISBN-100684804344
ISBN-139780684804347
LanguageEnglish
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