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Tool and the Descanting of Galileo’s Mathematical Language of God

Posted in Music, Pretensions toward cultural theory with tags , , , , , , , , , on March 15, 2020 by Jarrod Boyle

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Galileo said that mathematics is the true language of God. Editions of the Koran, decorated with fields of geometric lines that can be seen in museums all over the Middle East – and the way those designs find their way into the ceilings of Mosques throughout that region – bear Galileo’s dictum out. Continue reading →

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Tool and the Descanting of Galileo’s Mathematical Language of God

Posted in Music, Pretensions toward cultural theory with tags , , , , , , , , , , on March 10, 2020 by Jarrod Boyle

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Nothing locks a reader out of an article like hyperbolae, but it’s a struggle to find any terms other to describe what was experienced at Tool’s most recent Australian shows. Continue reading →

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