Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

 1 Why This Book?

Introduction: An Ear-Opening Experience

Old School Aesthetics

When Sound Gets Divorced from Music

Who Should Read This Book

Overview of the Book

Ten Questions

Things to Share

Note

Bibliography

Part IThe Nature of Time

 2 Let There Be a Big Bang

Introduction: If a Tree Falls in the Universe …

The Nature of Light and Sound

The Evolution of Hearing and Seeing

The Evolution of the Brain Leads to the Ability to Express Emotions

Eyes and Ears, Space and Time

Ten Questions

Things to Share

Notes

Bibliography

 3 The Great Mystery of Time

Introduction: Babbling in Babelsberg

The Mammalian Invasion

We Are Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made Of …

The Relativity of Time

Ten Questions

Things to Share

Notes

Bibliography ...

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