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Cambridge: MIT Press, 2006. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very good+. First printing, 2006, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 395pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with handsome boards and tight binding, text clean bright and unmarked, but bottom edge of text block has remainder mark. DJ VG+ with mild shelfwear and rubbing.

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The MIT Press, 2006 8vo (23,5 cm), X, 395 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "Historically, music was long classified as both art and science. Aspects of music -- from the mathematics of tuning to the music of the celestial spheres -- were primarily studied as science until the seventeenth century. In the nineteenth century, although scientists were less interested in the music of the spheres than the natural philosophers of earlier centuries, they remained committed to understanding the world of performing musicians and their instruments. In Harmonious Triads, Myles Jackson analyzes the relationship of physicists, musicians, and instrument makers in nineteenth-century Germany. Musical instruments provided physicists with experimental systems, and physicists' research led directly to improvements in musical-instrument manufacture and assisted musicians in their performances. Music also provided scientists with a cultural resource, which forged acquaintances and future… Leer más

Paperback / softback. New.

Mit Pr, 2008. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 408 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches.

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Minor rubbing, An ink mark to top page-edge. VG., dustwrapper. History of Science MIT Press Cambridge [MA] (2006) orig.cloth 24x15cm, x,395 pp. "This work presents an analysis of the intersection of science and music in nineteenth-century Germany: how music provided physicists with a venue for experiments as well as a cultural resource, and how physics assisted musicians in their art and musical instrument makers in their craft. Historically, music was long classified as both art and science. Aspects of music - from the mathematics of tuning to the music of the celestial spheres - were primarily studied as science until the seventeenth century. In the nineteenth century, although scientists were less interested in the music of the spheres than the natural philosophers of earlier centuries, they remained committed to understanding the world of performing musicians and their instruments. In "Harmonious Triads", Myles Jackson analyzes the relationship of physicists, musicians, and… Leer más