Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music

by Ian D. Johnston

Book Overview

Most books concerned with physics and music take an approach that puts physical theory before application. Consequently, these works tend to dampen aesthetic fascination with preludes burdened by an overabundance of algebraic formulae. In Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music Third Edition, Ian Johnston a professor of astrophysics and a connoisseur of music, offers an informal historical approach that shows the evolution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420093479
• ISBN13: 9781420093476
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"