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Measure for Measure tells the history of science from a deeply unusual point of view, using the stories of seven scientific and musical instruments to explore the critical ways of thinking that drove classical science, and then powered its transformation into the modern system of finding things out we depend on now.
In Measure for Measure, Thomas Levenson offers a compelling account of how scientific thinking development from the day 2,500 years ago when Pythagoras discovered the musical scale to the present day.
- Thomas Levenson
- December 05, 1995
- Paperback
Dec 5, 1995 · In Measure for Measure, Thomas Levenson offers a compelling account of how scientific thinking developed from its Pythagorean origins to the present day.
- illustrated, reprint
- Thomas Levenson
- Simon and Schuster, 1995
Aug 1, 1994 · He charts the evolution of science from Pythagoras's arrangement of the planets on the scaffolding of his musical scale to Newton's alchemical experiments and Leeuwenhoek's invention of the microscope to computerized weather prediction and genetically engineered mice.
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- Thomas Levenson
Dec 10, 2021 · Measure for measure : a musical history of science. by. Levenson, Thomas. Publication date. 1995. Topics. Science -- History, Science, Muziekgeschiedenis (wetenschap), Natuurwetenschappen, Muziekinstrumenten, Music -- History and criticism, Musical instruments -- History. Publisher. New York : Simon & Schuster.
Jan 1, 1997 · Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science. Hardcover – January 1, 1997. This is an account of how scientific thinking has developed from the discovery of the musical scale by Pythagoras to the use today in research of genetically engineered mice.
- Thomas Levenson
From this common thread, Thomas Levenson weaves a fascinating tapestry, a colorful panorama of scientific and musical development over three millennia, from Pythagoras and the alchemists ...
