Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg by Eli Maor

Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg

Eli Maor

176 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics music science challenging informative slow-paced
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How music has influenced mathematics, physics, and astronomy from ancient Greece to the twentieth century Music is filled with mathematical elements, the works of Bach are often said to possess a math-like logic, and Igor Stravinsky said "musical...

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