{"product_id":"9780387944746","title":"The Music of the Spheres: Music, Science, and the Natural Order of the Universe","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Music of the Spheres: Music, Science, and the Natural Order of the Universe\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eJames, Jamie\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe parallel histories of music and science - from celestial harmony to cosmic dissonance. For centuries, scientists and philosophers believed that the universe was a stately, ordered mechanism, mathematical and musical. The perceived distances between objects in the sky mirrored (and were mirrored by) the spaces between notes that formed chords and scales. The smooth operation of the cosmos created a divine harmony that composers sought to capture. With \u003cb\u003eThe Music of \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethe Spheres\u003c\/b\u003e, 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 it survives today. From Pythagoras to Newton, Bach to Beethoven, and on into the twentieth century of Einstein, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Cage, and Glass, this is a spellbinding examination of the interwoven fates of science and music throughout history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Copernicus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1995-06-01\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780387944746\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 264\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45988882940044,"sku":"9780387944746","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780387944746.jpg?v=1775755822","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780387944746","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}