- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (9 Oct 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192880497
- ISBN-13: 978-0192880499
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,834,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Timothy Ferris
"Thomas Levenson's user-friendly style and keen intellectual taste elevate this account of the ancient and intimate relationship between science and music to the level of the genuinely remarkable. A vivid, telling read"
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"an idiosyncratic and thoroughly engaging history of science ... a lovely and provocative meditation on the nature of knowledge, how we acquire it and how music can usefully inform our future transactions with nature"
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Highly recommended for those interested in music and science
23 July 1998
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This is a must-read for anyone interested in music and/or science and the history thereof. It is not an exhaustive history, nor is it intended to be. Rather, specific examples are carefully selected as illustration of parallel historical trends in both disciplines. The book is carefully researched and thought-out. Levenson has a lovely lyrical style of writing, richly expressive, complemented by well-chosen illustrations. I came away from the book with a new understanding and appreciation of the evolution of these two surprisingly similar arts, music and science, and what they have to teach us. Very highly recommended!
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