Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time

"That — the physics and neuroscience of it, the poetry and unremitting wonder of it — is what the science-enchanted classical violinist Natalie Hodges explores in Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time ( public library )."

"In spare, carefully considered prose, recent Harvard University graduate Natalie Hodges recalls a lifetime of playing the violin – and what a long-term, professional career in music might mean for her. She doesn’t stint on describing the hardships of a musician’s life, including those of one in training. Hodges undertakes a captivating study of the science of time – physics and music – in this very special memoir that defies categorization."