Summary
An exploration of polyphony and the perspective it offers on our own polyphonic brains.
Polyphony—the interweaving of simultaneous sounds—is a crucial aspect of music that has deep implications for how we understand the mind. In Polyphonic Minds, Peter Pesic examines the history and significance of “polyphonicity”—of “many-voicedness”—in human experience. Pesic presents the emergence of Western polyphony, its flowering, its horizons, and the perspective it offers on o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262543897 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262543893 |
| Author: | Peter Pesic |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 25 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 229mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Peter Pesic
Peter Pesic is a writer, pianist, and scholar. He is the Director of the Science Institute and Musician-in-Residence at St. John’s College, Santa Fe.
He is the author of:
- Abel’s Proof: An Essay on the Sources and Meaning of Mathematical Unsolvability
- Seeing Double: Shared Identities in Physics, Philosophy, and Literature
- Sky in a Bottle
- Music and the Making of Modern Science
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