Facing the music

Philip Ball
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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.

Nature, 2008, vol. 453, issue 7192, 160-162

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2008
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