Music and Measurement: On the Eidetic Principles of Harmony and Motion

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St. John's College (Annapolis, MD) professor and Plato expert Jacob Klein (1899-1978) heavily influenced this paper, esp.

• Jacob Klein, Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra (New York: Dover Publications, 1992).

Important study focuses on the revival and assimilation of ancient Greek mathematics in the 13th–16th centuries, via Arabic science, and the 16th-century development of symbolic algebra. This brought about the crucial change in the concept of number that made possible modern science. Includes a translation of Vieta's Introduction to the Analytical Art. 1968 edition. Bibliography.

Biography of Jeff Kalb (source):

Mr. Kalb has 12 years of high school teaching experience in the subjects of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and Latin at all levels. He was most recently Science Director at a tutoring center that employed about 30 tutors, where, over 11 years, he accumulated 25,000 student-hours of tutoring experience, and mentored other math and science tutors. Mr. Kalb received a B.S. and M.S. in Materials Science, and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, under a Graduate Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

See also: Jeffrey C. Kalb, Jr. Thomism, Mathematics and Science.