What Music Is: The Book
Harmony’s Purpose in an Evolving Universe.
A musician, astrophysicist and neuroscientist trace the mysterious preponderance of the harmonic series in nature, and discover a family resemblance of physical mechanisms that share signatures of less effort. From the very small to the very large, What Music Is reveals how music is the sound of a universe finding consonance with itself.
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Bill Barclay
Co-author, What Music Is
Author and director of 100+ concerts worldwide. Musician & Artistic Director, Concert Theatre Works. Former Director of Music, Shakespeare’s Globe. WMI Summit Leadership Team.
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MATTEO CANTIELLO, PhD
Co-author, What Music Is
One of the world’s leading stellar astrophysicists. Research Scientist, Center for Computational Astrophysics and Princeton University. WMI Summit Steering Committee.
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LUKAS VOLZ, MD, PhD
Co-author, What Music Is
Studies how the brain rewires itself after injury, using neurostimulation and neuroimaging. Neurologist and Principal Investigator, Network Plasticity Lab, University of Cologne. WMI Summit Steering Committee.