{"product_id":"sounding-bodies-peter-pesic-9780262046350","title":"Sounding Bodies: Music and the Making of Biomedical Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe unfolding influence of music and sound on the fundamental structure of the biomedical sciences, from ancient times to the present.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning in ancient Greece, Peter Pesic writes, music and sound significantly affected the development of the biomedical sciences. Physicians used rhythmical ratios to interpret the pulse, which inspired later efforts to record the pulse in musical notation. After 1700, biology and medicine took a \"sonic turn,\" viewing the body as a musical instrument, the rhythms and vibrations of which could guide therapeutic insight. In \u003ci\u003eSounding Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e, Pesic traces the unfolding influence of music and sound on the fundamental structure of the biomedical sciences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePesic explains that music and sound provided the life sciences important tools for hearing, understanding, and influencing the rhythms of life. As medicine sought to go beyond the visible manifestations of illness, sound offered ways to access the hidden interiority of body and mind. Sonic interventions addressed the search for a new typology of mental illness, and practitioners used musical instruments to induce hypnotic states meant to cure both psychic and physical ailments. The study of bat echolocation led to the manifold clinical applications of ultrasound; such sonic devices as telephones and tuning forks were used to explore the functioning of the nerves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSounding Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e follows Pesic's \u003ci\u003eMusic and the Making of Modern Science\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePolyphonic Minds\u003c\/i\u003e to complete a trilogy on the influence of music on the sciences. Enhanced digital editions of \u003ci\u003eSounding Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e offer playable music and sound examples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Pesic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262046350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262046350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 7.95w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023","brand":"Peter Pesic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070627442943,"sku":"9780262046350","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a32f697-4cb6-4e58-b84d-0228d707f76d.jpg?v=1685431423","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sounding-bodies-peter-pesic-9780262046350","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}