Peter Pesic Book order

In Polyphonic Minds, Peter Pesic examines the history and significance of polyphonicity - of many-voicedness - in human experience. Pesic presents the emergence of Western polyphony, its flowering, its horizons, and the perspective it offers on our own polyphonic brains. When we listen to polyphonic music, how is it that we can hear several different things at once? How does a single mind experience those things as a unity (a motet, a fugue) rather than an incoherent jumble? Pesic argues that polyphony raises fundamental issues for philosophy, theology, literature, psychology, and neuroscience - all searching for the apparent unity of consciousness in the midst of multiple simultaneous experiences.

A wide-ranging exploration of how music has influenced science through the ages, from fifteenth-century cosmology to twentieth-century string theory.

The intellectual and human story of a mathematical proof that transformed our ideas about mathematics.

Delving into the interplay between quantum theory and the evolution of individuality and identity, this work traces philosophical ideas from ancient Greece to contemporary thought. It examines how scientific advancements have influenced our understanding of self and existence, weaving together historical perspectives and modern interpretations to illuminate the profound implications of quantum mechanics on personal identity. The book invites readers to reflect on the nature of being in light of scientific discovery.

Exploring scientific texts as literary works to reveal the foundations of science.