In 1877, Ruskin accused Whistler of a€?flinging a pot of paint in the publica€?s facea€?. Was he right? After all, Whistler always denied that the true function of art was to represent anything. If a
100 years after the Dada soirées rocked the art world, the author investigates the role that music played in the movement. Dada is generally thought of as noisy and unmusical, but The Music of Dada sh
Why does poetry appeal to music? Can music be said to communicate, as language does? What, between music and poetry, is it possible to translate? These fundamental questions have remained obstinately
Theoretical neuroscience provides a quantitative basis for describing what nervous systems do, determining how they function, and uncovering the general principles by which they operate. This text in
Before the crise de vers diagnosed by St?phane Mallarm? in the 1880s, musical rhythms concerned note values and repeated patterns, and literary rhythms were ascertained through the measured patterns o
The Minipig in Biomedical Research is a comprehensive resource for research scientists on the potential and use of the minipig in basic and applied biomedical research, and the development of drugs an
