Sounding Bodies Music and the Making of Biomedical Science

• Main Author: Pesic, Peter (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2022
• Series: The MIT Press
• Subjects: Wave mechanics (vibration & acoustics); History of medicine; 20th century & contemporary classical music; Wave mechanics (vibration and acoustics); History of music
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The unfolding influence of music and sound on the fundamental structure of the biomedical sciences, from ancient times to the present. Beginning in ancient Greece, Peter Pesic writes, music and sound significantly affected the development of the biomedical sciences. Physicians used rhythmical ratios...