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Science, Music, And Mathematics: The Deepest Connections (Hardcover)
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Science, Music, And Mathematics: The Deepest Connections (Hardcover)
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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.
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