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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300153503321

Autore

Tonietti Tito M

Titolo

And Yet It Is Heard : Musical, Multilingual and Multicultural History of the Mathematical Sciences - Volume 1 / / by Tito M. Tonietti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : Springer Basel : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2014

ISBN

3-0348-0672-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Collana

Science Networks. Historical Studies, , 1421-6329 ; ; 46

Disciplina

510.9

Soggetti

Mathematics

History

Music

Linguistics

Mathematics, general

Mathematics in Music

History of Mathematical Sciences

Linguistics, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

0. Introduction -- PART I: In the ancient world -- 1. Above all with the Greek alphabet -- 2. In Chinese characters -- 3. In the Sanskrit of sacred Indian texts.-4. Not only in Arabic -- 5. Above all in the Latin alphabet -- Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

We bring into full light some excerpts on musical subjects which were until now scattered throughout the most famous scientific texts. The main scientific and musical cultures outside of Europe are also taken into consideration. The first and most important property to underline in the scientific texts examined here is the language they are written in. This means that our multicultural history of the sciences necessarily also becomes a review of the various dominant languages used in the different historical contexts. In this volume, the history of the development of the sciences is told as it happened in real contexts, not in an alienated ideal world.