Science, Music, And Mathematics: The Deepest Connections (second Edition) - Softcover

Mcintyre, Michael Edgeworth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9811278504 ISBN 13: 9789811278501

Verlag: WSPC, 2023

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Professor Michael Edgeworth McIntyre is an eminent scientist who has also had a part-time career as a musician. In this book he offers an extraordinary synthesis, revealing the many deep connections between science, music, and mathematics. He avoids equations and technical jargon. The connections are deep in the sense of being embedded in our very nature, rooted in biological evolution over hundreds of millions of years. Michael guides us through biological evolution, perception psychology, and even unconscious science and mathematics, all the way to the scientific uncertainties about the climate crisis. He also has a message of hope for the future. Contrary to popular belief, he holds that biological evolution has given us not only the nastiest, but also the most compassionate and cooperative parts of human nature. This insight comes from recognizing that biological evolution is far more than a simple competition between selfish genes. Instead, he argues, in some ways it is more like the turbulent, eddying flow in a river or in an atmospheric jet stream, a complex process spanning a vast range of timescales. Professor McIntyre is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) and has long been interested in how different branches of science can better communicate with each other, and with the public. His work harnesses aspects of neuroscience and psychology that point toward the deep 'lucidity principles' that underlie skilful communication, principles related to the way music works — music of any genre. This Second Edition sharpens the previous discussion of communication skills and their importance for today's great problems, ranging from the widely discussed climate crisis to the need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of artificial intelligence.

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Michael Edgeworth McIntyre is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics in the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and a past editor of the prestigious Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Although he and his research group have never received funding for climate research as such, his work on atmospheric and oceanic fluid dynamics, including the dynamics of the great jet streams, has made him a close observer of developments in climate science over several decades. He has also worked on the Antarctic ozone hole and on the psychophysics of violin sound. The interest in violin sound came from several years' experience as a part-time professional musician. He has long been interested in how different branches of science can better communicate with each other and with the public, harnessing aspects of neuroscience and psychology that point toward the deep 'lucidity principles' that underlie communication skills. In 1987 he was awarded the Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, the highest award of the American Meteorological Society, for "his original and innovative works furthering our theoretical and conceptual understanding of the stratosphere".

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: WSPC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9811278504
• ISBN 13: 9789811278501
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 238
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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