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"I have a feeling it is more or less the same part of my brain which does both [math and music]," reflects Elkies, "they speak to the same place, the same aesthetic."

Author: By Alison D. Morantz, | Title: Music + Math: A Common Equation? | 11/30/1988 | See Source »

By the late Middle Ages, however, music theorists began to experiment with non-rational intervals to enhance aesthetic appeal. "Musicians began to be disillusioned with the rigidness of the mathematical structure," McConnell says. "Math and music began to diverge--each culture began to build up its own world, with its...

Author: By Alison D. Morantz, | Title: Music + Math: A Common Equation? | 11/30/1988 | See Source »

Ken Russell is the movies' version of your dotty old aunt -- the one who lives in a house overstuffed with curios, who natters engagingly about arcane ( matters and who, when you ask for a snack, whips up a feast too big for one tummy or a hundred. Don't tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Lady Vamps THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

But there are those who wonder if the shuttle's aura can survive Trump's touch. Some suggest that the ascetic aesthetic of the old shuttle rather than a glitzier image of a flying casino may be better suited to its puritanical passengers. "It's pretty much a business operation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Donald Trumps the Shuttle | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

Hlafter said that the Princeton sentry house "is hardly a building in the traditional sense. It is more a decorative piece." He said that as an aesthetic work, the booth should not be judged on a cost-per-square foot basis.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton to Build $50,000 Kiosk | 10/8/1988 | See Source »

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