Word: mathes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...certainly is easy to speculate that because math and music grew out of a common historical framework, it drew them together," says McConnell. "It sounds believable...
Music and math may appeal to individuals who seek aesthetic beauty within a tight structural framework, suggests Mark Spivakovsky, a math junior fellow. "On the one hand, both are rigid and restrictive in structure," he says, "but on the other hand, there's something fantastically creative in both that is hidden...
Jameson Marvin emphasizes that math and music share an underlying sense of order. "In music, there's a dimension of time and ordering time," he says. "Like math, music is ultimately a sense of trying to order. Therefore mathemeticians--just the way their minds work--often have an affinity for music...
...individual, sensitivity to order often is manifested in a methodical orientation and a painstaking attention to detail, Marvin says. As musical director, he says he has known some math students whose meticulous but uninspired approach to music led them to perform "mechanically...
...Taylor '92 is still deciding between the two fields. In high school, he advanced far beyond the traditional math curriculum while distinguishing himself nationally in piano and composition. An intended math major, Taylor is now considered one of the most promising young concert pianists in the country...