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Facing the music

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  • Philip Ball

    (Philip Ball is a consultant editor for Nature. His new book Universe of Stone: Chartres Cathedral and the Triumph of the Medieval Mind is published this month by Bodley Head.)

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At the heart of any scientific explanation of music is an understanding of how and why it affects us. In the first of a nine-part essay series, Philip Ball explores just how far we can hope to achieve a full scientific theory of music.

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  • Philip Ball, 2008. "Facing the music," Nature, Nature, vol. 453(7192), pages 160-162, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:453:y:2008:i:7192:d:10.1038_453160a
    DOI: 10.1038/453160a
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