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Microsurgery and music: Parallel ideas and philosophy?
Author(s) -
Nemeth Norbert
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/micr.20322
Subject(s) - microsurgery , value (mathematics) , analogy , the arts , medicine , medical writing , visual arts , epistemology , computer science , medical education , surgery , philosophy , art , machine learning
Can a philosophic analogy be drawn between music, a major formal area and discipline of the fine arts, and microsurgery, a branch of applied medical science and research? Is an interdisciplinary view of value? Should we look for links beyond the stated boundaries of each of these areas? These are questions that fascinate physicians who, apart from their professional scientific activity, are also involved in making music a way to enrich their lives. In this paper a medical researcher, physician, and composer gives words to his thoughts about the parallel ideas and philosophies of these two disciplines. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Microsurgery, 2007.