Sounding Bodies: Music and the Making of Biomedical Science by Pesic, Peter

Sounding Bodies: Music and the Making of Biomedical Science

The unfolding influence of music and sound on the fundamental structure of the biomedical sciences, from ancient...
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Author: Peter Pesic
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Sounding Bodies: Music and the Making of Biomedical Science by Pesic, Peter

Sounding Bodies: Music and the Making of Biomedical Science

¥20,531

Sounding Bodies: Music and the Making of Biomedical Science

¥20,531
Author: Peter Pesic
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The unfolding influence of music and sound on the fundamental structure of the biomedical sciences, from ancient times to the present.

Beginning in ancient Greece, Peter Pesic writes, music and sound significantly affected the development of the biomedical sciences. Physicians used rhythmical ratios to interpret the pulse, which inspired later efforts to record the pulse in musical notation. After 1700, biology and medicine took a "sonic turn," viewing the body as a musical instrument, the rhythms and vibrations of which could guide therapeutic insight. In Sounding Bodies, Pesic traces the unfolding influence of music and sound on the fundamental structure of the biomedical sciences.

Pesic explains that music and sound provided the life sciences important tools for hearing, understanding, and influencing the rhythms of life. As medicine sought to go beyond the visible manifestations of illness, sound offered ways to access the hidden interiority of body and mind. Sonic interventions addressed the search for a new typology of mental illness, and practitioners used musical instruments to induce hypnotic states meant to cure both psychic and physical ailments. The study of bat echolocation led to the manifold clinical applications of ultrasound; such sonic devices as telephones and tuning forks were used to explore the functioning of the nerves.

Sounding Bodies follows Pesic's Music and the Making of Modern Science and Polyphonic Minds to complete a trilogy on the influence of music on the sciences. Enhanced digital editions of Sounding Bodies offer playable music and sound examples.


Author: Peter Pesic
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 10/11/2022
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 8.98h x 7.95w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780262046350

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