{"product_id":"emblems-of-mind-the-inner-life-of-music-and-mathematics-paperback","title":"Emblems of Mind: The Inner Life of Music and Mathematics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Rothstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne is a science, the other an art; one useful, the other seemingly decorative, but mathematics and music share common origins in cult and mystery and have been linked throughout history. \u003ci\u003eEmblems of Mind \u003c\/i\u003eis Edward Rothstein's classic exploration of their profound similarities, a journey into their \"inner life.\" Along the way, Rothstein explains how mathematics makes sense of space, how music tells a story, how theories are constructed, how melody is shaped. He invokes the poetry of Wordsworth, the anthropology of Lévi-Strauss, the imagery of Plato, and the philosophy of Kant. Math and music, Rothstein shows, apply comparable methods as they create their abstractions, display similar concerns with ratio and proportion, and depend on metaphors and analogies to create their meanings. Ultimately, Rothstein argues, they reveal the ways in which we come to understand the world. They are images of the mind at work and play; indeed, they are emblems of Mind itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJacques Barzun called this book \"splendid.\" Martin Gardner said it was \"beautifully written, marvelous and entertaining.\" It will provoke all serious readers to think in new ways about the grand patterns in art and life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lovely, wistful. . . . Rothstein is a wonderful guide to the architecture of musical space, its tensions and relations, its resonances and proportions. . . . His account of what is going on in the music is unfailingly felicitous.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Provocative and exciting. . . . Rothstein writes this book as a foreign correspondent, sending dispatches from a remote and mysterious locale as a guide for the intellectually adventurous. The remarkable fact about his work is not that it is profound, as much of the writing is, but that it is so accessible.\"--\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Rothstein\u003c\/b\u003e is cultural critic-at-large for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He also has served as chief music critic for the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e and as music critic for the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, Rothstein has written for \u003ci\u003eCommentary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.92 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45284915183718,"sku":"9780226729541","price":46.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/WjNaK0lodEc5c2FYMEwvdmJkcGh3dz09.webp?v=1773910228","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/emblems-of-mind-the-inner-life-of-music-and-mathematics-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}