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Peter Pesic
An exploration of polyphony and the perspective it offers on our own polyphonic brains.
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In 1824 a young Norwegian named Niels Henrik Abel proved conclusively that algebraic equations of the fifth order are not solvable in radicals. In this work, Peter Pesic shows what…
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The separateness and connection of individuals is perhaps the central question of human life: What, exactly, is my individuality? To what degree is it unique? This text invites the reader…
This is the only English-language collection of these 8 accessible essays. They trace seminal ideas about the foundations of geometry that led to Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
Sounding Bodies presents the ancient Greek connections between music and medicine, their reception leading to the sonic turn in the eighteenth century, new kinds of sonic intervention in psychic disorders…
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A wide-ranging exploration of how music has influenced science through the ages, from fifteenth-century cosmology to twentieth-century string theory.
1824 gelang einem jungen Norweger namens Niels Henrik Abel der endgultige Beweis, dass algebraische Gleichungen funften Grades im allgemeinen nicht durch Wurzeln aufloesbar sind. In diesem Buch zeigt Peter Pesic…
Hermann Weyl
A collection of the author’s general writings on philosophy, mathematics, and physics. It includes the author’s exposition of his synthesis of electromagnetism and gravitation.
Hermann Weyl,Mathematics
Original anthology features less-technical essays discussing logic, topology, abstract algebra, relativity theory, and the works of David Hilbert. Most have been long unavailable or previously unpublished in book form. 2012…
