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SUMMARY:Count me in: how mathematics explains music - Sarah Hart
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DESCRIPTION:The great mathematician Gottfried Leibniz said that music is t
 he pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware t
 hat it is counting. We love it\, in other words\, because it is the mathem
 atics of the subconscious.\n\nIn this lecture we’ll bring that mathemati
 cs into the open and see how mathematical ideas are woven into every aspec
 t of music. We’ll explore the beautiful number patterns underlying harmo
 ny\, the geometrical symmetries of melody\, and the 2000-year-old algorith
 m that predicts the rhythms most favoured by musicians across the world.\n
 \nSarah Hart is a mathematician and author. She is Professor Emerita of Ma
 thematics at Birkbeck College (University of London)\, and Fellow of Gresh
 am College\, London. Her first book\, Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Conn
 ections Between Mathematics and Literature won the Mathematical Associati
 on of America’s Euler Book Prize. Her forthcoming book on the resonance
 s between mathematics and music will be published in 2027.\n\nPlease email
  external-relations@maths.ox.ac.uk to register to attend in person.\n\nThe
  lecture will be broadcast on the Oxford Mathematics YouTube Channel on W
 ednesday 2 September at 5-6 pm and any time after (no need to register for
  the online version).\n\nThe Oxford Mathematics Vicky Neale Public Lecture
 s are a partnership between the Clay Mathematics Institute\, PROMYS and Ox
 ford Mathematics. The Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures are generously su
 pported by XTX Markets.
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LOCATION:Mathematical Institute - L1\, L1 Mathematical Institute Woodstock
  Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6GG United Kingdom
SPEAKER:Sarah Hart (Birkbeck)
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