Music, Math, and Mind

“Every page of this book has a fascinating connection between the universal joy we find in music and some biological or mathematical fact. Only David Sulzer, a neurobiologist who is a master composer and musician, could have written this wonderful book.” —ROALD HOFFMANN, author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry “If you ever suspected that musicians belonged to a secret society, this is the book that blows the mysteries wide open. Using a potent cocktail of math, physics, history, biology, and neurology, Dave Sulzer explains why music is the medicine most of us can’t live without.” —PETER GABRIEL “This is an amazing book. Readers will come back to it again and again for its clear explanations, breadth of content, and ‘listening’ advice. Importantly, it includes a chapter on animals, acknowledging that the sophisticated production and perception of music is not limited to humans.” —SUSAN SAVAGE-RUMBAUGH, primatologist and psychologist

• music
• mathematics
• science
• physics
• biology
• musicians
• art lovers
• basic math concepts