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Re: [L-OT] music and maths

2001-11-10 by LogicBaby

I have a relative who is a mathematician researcher at Brunel University
London "used to teach at Manchester University at the time", he told me that
they admitted a lot of student based on the fact that they are musicians
more than there grades! And all of them seem to do very well....

> IMHO a lot of Scientists are also musicians, in fact, in my experience it
> seems to be the most common art form that Scientist types do for relaxation
> as a hobby!
> 
> In fact, music can be represented by maths- numbers, frequencies,
> measurements of loudness, subdivisions of the beat or bar etc........
> 
> I think that maths is art, and so is music. They are two forms of abstract
> art, IMHO, maybe the most abstract??
> 
> Cheers
> 
> John

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