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The Cosmic Octave: Origin of Harmony

by Hans Cousto

Nature, number, and musical harmony

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Nature, number, and musical harmony

Hans Cousto’s book presents the “Cosmic Octave” as a proposed mathematical link among recurring natural phenomena. It connects planetary orbits and weather with color, rhythm, and sound, using examples drawn from astronomical data, architecture, systems of measurement, the human body, music, and medicine. The breadth of these comparisons makes the book an exploration of how numerical relationships can be used to interpret patterns across the natural world and human culture. Its central idea is that music can be understood in relation to cosmic and natural cycles.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in connections between mathematics, music, and natural phenomena.
  • Those exploring mind-body-spirit subjects, including the book’s approach to planetary cycles and human experience.
  • Readers curious about how astronomical data and measurement systems are applied across varied fields.

Themes

Cosmic cycles and periodic phenomenaMathematics and musicPatterns across nature and human culture

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Book overview

In 1978 Hans Cousto, a Swiss mathematician and musicologist discovered the natural formula of the "Cosmic Octave" as the link between different kinds of perodically occurring natural phenomena, such as the orbit of the planets, the weather, colors, rhythms and tones. This extraordinary book explains these relationships with examples of astronomical data comparing the frequencies of planatery orbits, in architectural works, in ancient and modern measuring systems, the human body, music and medicine. Cousto reveals how music is truly the language of the cosmos and of the natural world.

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