Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science

In Measure for Measure, Thomas Levenson offers a compelling account of how scientific thinking development from the day 2,500 years ago when Pythagoras discovered the musical scale to the present day.

The story unfolds through the tales of instruments scientific and musical: the organ, the microscope, the still, the scales, Stradivari's miraculous violins and cellos, computers, and synthesizers.

Author: Thomas Levenson
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Published: 12/19/1995
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.38h x 6.04w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780684804347