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| Autore principale: | Gillin, Edward John, 1990-
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| Titolo: | Sound authorities : scientific and musical knowledge in nineteenth-century Britain / Edward J. Gillin. |
| Pubblicazione: | Chicago : The University of Chicago press, 2021. |
| Descrizione fisica: | X, 308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Contiene: | Indice: List of figures and tables. Introduction: Sounds and sweet airs. Pt. 1. Experiments and mathematics: the making of sound as a scientific object: 1. The laboratory of harmony: the transformation of sound within British science (1815-46) 2. A harmonious universe: Herschel. Whewell. Somerville and the place of sound in British mathematics (1830-70). Pt. 2. Contesting knowledge: mathematicians, musicians and sound measurements: 3. The problem of pitch: mathematical authority and the mid-Victorian search for a musical standard 4. Accuracy and audibility: mathematics, musical consensus and the unreliability of sound (1835-81). Pt. 3. Materialism and morality: religious authority and the science of sound: 5 .Musical matter: religious authority, John Tyndall and the challenge of materialism (1859-1914). Epilogue: Musical spiders and sounds scientific in the Modern Age. Acknowledgments. Notes. Select bibliography. Index |
| ISBN: | 9780226787770 |
| Discipline: | Musica--Studi. Acustica--Studi. Religione e scienza--Studi. |
| Luoghi: | Inghilterra. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XIX. |
| Collocazione: | LS 22062 |
| Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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