Sounding Bodies
Music and the Making of Biomedical Science
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2022
Summary
The unfolding influence of music and sound on the fundamental structure of the biomedical sciences, from ancient times to the present.
Beginning in ancient Greece, Peter Pesic writes, music and sound significantly affected the development of the biomedical sciences. Physicians used rhythmical ratios to interpret the pulse, which inspired later efforts to record the pulse in musical notation. After 1700, biology and medicine took a “sonic turn,” viewing the body as a musical instrument…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262046350 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262046350 |
| Author: | Peter Pesic |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 229mm |
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Peter Pesic
Peter Pesic, writer, pianist, and scholar, is Director of the Science Institute, Musician-in-Residence, and Tutor Emeritus at St. John’s College, Santa Fe. He is the author of Labyrinth, Seeing Double, Abel’s Proof, Sky in a Bottle, Music and the Making of Modern Science, and Polyphonic Minds.
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