Science, Music, And Mathematics: The Deepest Connections
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Acausality Illusions
Artificial Intelligence
Author_Michael Edgeworth Mcintyre
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Climate Change
Communication Skills
Dichotomization Instinct
Disinformation
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False Dichotomies
Human Evolution
Lucidity Principles
Mathematics
Music
Nature Versus Nurture
Organic-Change Principle
Out-of-Body Experiences
Perception Psychology
Science
Selfish-Gene Metaphor
Social-Media Weaponization
Time Perception
Weather Extremes
Weather Fuel
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- ISBN 9789811240737
- Publication Date: 25 Nov 2021
- Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Publication City/Country: SG
- Product Form: Hardback
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Professor Michael Edgeworth McIntyre is an eminent scientist who has also had a part-time career as a musician. From a lifetime's thinking, he offers this extraordinary synthesis exposing the deepest connections between science, music, and mathematics, while avoiding equations and technical jargon. He begins with perception psychology and the dichotomization instinct and then takes us through biological evolution, human language, and acausality illusions all the way to the climate crisis and the weaponization of the social media, and beyond that into the deepest parts of theoretical physics — demonstrating our unconscious mathematical abilities.He also has an important message of hope for the future. Contrary to popular belief, biological evolution has given us not only the nastiest, but also the most compassionate and cooperative parts of human nature. This insight comes from recognizing that biological evolution is more than a simple competition between selfish genes. Rather, he suggests, in some ways it is more like turbulent fluid flow, a complex process spanning a vast range of timescales.Professor McIntyre is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) and has worked on problems as diverse as the Sun's magnetic interior, the Antarctic ozone hole, jet streams in the atmosphere, and the psychophysics of violin sound. He has long been interested in how different branches of science can better communicate with each other and with the public, harnessing aspects of neuroscience and psychology that point toward the deep 'lucidity principles' that underlie skilful communication.
