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The Topos of Music: Geometric Logic of Concepts, Theory, and Performance

By Guerino Mazzola

Book information

Publisher
Birkhäuser Basel
Year
2003
ISBN
9783764357313, 3764357312
LCC
ML3800 .M28 2002
Open Library ID
OL22532571M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16600474 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
1363\1363
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-06-26 00:49:36

Description

Category theory meets music meets cognitive theory. There's a huge conceit here, that the most powerful tools of mathematics can bring out further understanding of music. And I was unsure of it to start. But there's a payout here. The math illuminates musical structures in an elegant and deep manner. Along the way there's nearly as much to say about brain function and cognition as music. (Though they're clearly closely related.)

I'd say that the book's audience is necessarily limited, but that for those who can safely approach the book, it's nothing less than a remarkable achievement. I liken it to when, as a physics graduate student, I first encountered Arnold's Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics (Graduate Texts in Mathematics). Mathematical elegance applied to the world.

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