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A unique history of Western science speculates that from Pythagoras to the fifteenth century, scientists understood science musically, but that modernism has silenced Pythagoras's "music of the spheres."
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An unequivocal affirmation that music is no mere entertainment, but is vitally significant: an important adjunct in healing; an essential part of education. (SUNDAY TIMES)
A learned, sophisticated book, full of surprises. (FINANCIAL TIMES)
James probes deeply into an undervalued question and left me wondering at the extent to which our whole view of reality- and what may lie beyond it- is being revolutionised. (NEW SCIENTIST)
Exuberant and witty. (NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW)
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For centuries, scientists and philosophers believed the universe was a stately; ordered mechanism - mathematical and musical. The smooth operation of the cosmos created a divine harmony (perfect, spiritual, eternal) which composers sought to capture and express. With The Music of the Spheres, readers will see how this scientific philosophy emerged, how it was shattered by changing views of the universe and the rise of Romanticism, and to what extent (if at all) it survives today. From Pythagoras to Newton, Bach to Beethoven, and on into the twentieth century, it is a spellbinding examination of the interwoven fates of science and music throughout history.
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