The Science of the Beatles - by Mark Brake & Jeff Brake (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

An In-Depth Analysis of The Beatles' Music and the Technology That Made It Possible

When folk look back in two hundred years time at our culture, whose music will have survived from today? Who will be our equivalent of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven? The big story of contemporary popular music has been The Beatles. They were the chief architects of the fusion of classical and popular music to create a new musical mainstream.

From the time we humans first made our art, music and technology have been inseparable. And that symbiotic relationship has never been so excitingly orchestrated than with the musical history of The Beatles. They absorbed many other styles around them in an extraordinary and unprecedented melting pot of music. And they embraced new technologies with enthusiasm and imagination.

As pioneers of recording tech and artistic presentation, making American music with a British twist, The Beatles revolutionized many aspects of music tech, and became leaders of the era's youth and sociocultural movements. Their music was both genuinely sophisticated and hugely popular. For a generation, they were the most important composers in the world, and became the most influential band of all time.

Putting the band's thirteen legendary studio albums under a microscope, The Science of The Beatles looks at the science, poetry, and raw-power in the music that started a revolution.

About the Author

Professor Mark Brake has communicated science through film, television, print, and radio on five continents, including for NASA, Seattle's Science Fiction Museum, the BBC, the Royal Institution, and Sky Movies. He is the author of the "Science of" series, which includes The Science of Harry Potter, The Science of Star Wars, The Science of Superheroes, The Science of the Big Bang Theory, and more.

Dr. Jeff Brake, senior technologist and physicist working with Vontobel Swiss private bank in Zurich, Jeff is also a recording musician and, like his brother, a Beatles aficionado.