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How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond [With CD (Audio)] by John Powell Publisher Comments What makes a musical note different from any other sound? How can you tell if you have perfect pitch? Why do 10 violins sound only twice as loud as one? Do your Bob Dylan albums sound better on CD or vinyl? John Powell, a scientist and musician, answers... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper 
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How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond [With CD (Audio)] by John Powell Publisher Comments HOW MUSIC WORKS presents an intriguing and charming guide to some of life's most fascinating mysteries. A scientist and musician, John Powell has a gift for breaking down the science of music, uncovering delightful facts along the way. In the book, he... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places by Bernie Krause Publisher Comments Bernie Krause is one of the world's experts in natural sound, and here we listen through Krause's ears as he collects the sounds of purring jaguars, snapping shrimp, cracking glaciers--and the roar of the wild. It is an intensely personal narrative of... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin Staff Pick A revelation for music buffs and science geeks — and all the better if you happen to be both. How do memory and music work together? What makes timbre? How do writers like Lennon and McCartney, or John Coltrane and Miles Davis, manipulate our... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Power of Music: Pioneering Discoveries in the New Science of Song by Elena Mannes Publisher Comments The award-winning creator of the acclaimed documentary "The Music Instinct: Science and Song," explores the power of music and its connection to the body, the brain, and the world of nature. Only recently has science sought in earnest to... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Good Vibrations: The Physics of Music by Barry Parker Publisher Comments Why does a harpsichord sound different from a piano? For that matter, why does middle C on a piano differ from middle C on a tuning fork, a trombone, or a flute? Good Vibrations explains in clear, friendly language the out-of-sight physics responsible... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics 2ND Edition by Arthur Benade Publisher Comments Landmark book by leading expert, hailed for its astonishingly clear, delightfully readable explication of everything acoustical important to music-making. "Comprehensive . . . rigorous . . . well-organized . . . will surely be the text of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The World in Six Songs by Daniel J Levitin Publisher Comments The author of the New York Times bestseller and Los Angeles Times Book Award Finalist This Is Your Brain on Music tunes us in to six evolutionary musical forms that brought about the evolution of human culture. An unprecedented blend of science and art... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Good Vibrations: The Physics of Music by Barry R. Parker Publisher Comments Why does a harpsichord sound different from a piano? For that matter, why does middle C on a piano differ from middle C on a tuning fork, a trombone, or a flute? Good Vibrations explains in clear, friendly language the out-of-sight physics responsible... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $26.58 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Math Behind the Music by Leon Harkleroad Publisher Comments Explores mathematics aspects of music from its acoustical bases to compositional techniques to music criticism.... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $19.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature by Daniel J Levitin Publisher Comments The author of the New York Times bestseller This Is Your Brain on Music reveals music's role in the evolution of human culture-and "will leave you awestruck" (The New York Times) Daniel J. Levitin's astounding debut bestseller, This Is Your Brain on... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Microsound by Curtis Roads Publisher Comments Below the level of the musical note lies the realm of microsound, of sound particles lasting less than one-tenth of a second. Recent technological advances allow us to probe and manipulate these pinpoints of sound, dissolving the traditional building... (read more) Your price: $36.00 New - Trade Paper
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Musimathics: The Mathematical Foundations of Music by Gareth Loy Publisher Comments "Mathematics can be as effortless as humming a tune, if you know the tune," writes Gareth Loy. In Musimathics, Loy teaches us the tune, providing a friendly and spirited tour of the mathematics of music--a commonsense, self-contained introduction for the... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Trade Paper
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Einstein's Violin by Joseph Eger Publisher Comments Joseph Eger's life is a testimony to the power of music. Among the most venerated classical conductors of his generation, Eger has discovered within music a universal language that not only unites people across cultures but also suggests something about... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Hardcover
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Science of Sound 2ND Edition by Thomas D Rossing Publisher Comments The Science of Sound is widely recognized as the leading textbook in the field. It provides an excellent introduction to acoustics for readers without college physics or a strong background in mathematics. In the Third Edition, Richard Moore and Paul... (read more) List Price $76.00 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Science of Musical Sound Rev Edition by John Robinso Pierce Book News Annotation Updating and expanding his 1983 volume, Pierce combines an explanation of the physics of musical instruments with a review of the principles of psychoacoustics. He also measures the past decade's technological revolution by charting the emergence of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Emblems of Mind: The Inner Life of Music & Mathematics by Edward Rothstein Your price: $13.50 Used - Hardcover
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Horns Strings & Harmony by Arthur Benade Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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Guide To Musical Acoustics by H Lowry Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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