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Author McIntyre, Michael, 1941- author.

Title Science, music, and mathematics : the deepest connections / Michael Edgeworth McIntyre.

Publication Info. Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing, 2022.

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Description xiv, 213 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword / by Herbert E. Huppert FRS -- Preface -- The unconscious brain -- What is lucidity? What is understanding? -- Mindsets, evolution, and language -- Acausality illusions, and the way perception works -- What is science? -- Music, mathematics, and the Platonic -- Postlude. The amplifier metaphor for climate.
Summary "Professor Michael Edgeworth McIntyre is an eminent scientist who has also had a part-time career as a musician. From a lifetime's thinking, he offers this extraordinary synthesis exposing the deepest connections between science, music, and mathematics, while avoiding equations and technical jargon. He begins with perception psychology and the dichotomization instinct and then takes us through biological evolution, human language, and acausality illusions all the way to the climate crisis and the weaponization of the social media, and beyond that into the deepest parts of theoretical physics - demonstrating our unconscious mathematical abilities. He also has an important message of hope for the future. Contrary to popular belief, biological evolution has given us not only the nastiest, but also the most compassionate and cooperative parts of human nature. This insight comes from recognizing that biological evolution is more than a simple competition between selfish genes. Rather, he suggests, in some ways it is more like turbulent fluid flow, a complex process spanning a vast range of timescales. Professor McIntyre is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) and has worked on problems as diverse as the Sun's magnetic interior, the Antarctic ozone hole, jet streams in the atmosphere, and the psychophysics of violin sound. He has long been interested in how different branches of science can better communicate with each other and with the public, harnessing aspects of neuroscience and psychology that point toward the deep 'lucidity principles' that underlie skilful communication"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Musical perception.
Music -- Psychological aspects.
Music -- Mathematics.
Music and science.
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes. (OCoLC)fst00864229
Music and science. (OCoLC)fst01030488
Music -- Mathematics. (OCoLC)fst01030393
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics. (OCoLC)fst01030408
Music -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst01030418
Musical perception. (OCoLC)fst01030788
ISBN 9789811240737 (hardcover)
9811240736
9789811241833 (paperback)
981124183X
9789811240744 (ebook)
9789811240751 (ebook other)

 
    
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