Reviews for The musical classroom

The average rating for The musical classroom based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-01-28 00:00:00 Per Laursen This elegantly written little book combines several things I am very fond of: Science: Since I trained in Marine Science, the physics of the life and behaviour of bubbles is very much my cup of tea... or glass of champagne. Art: As a hobby artist I loved the stunning time sequence black and white photography as well as the stills from the high speed video. Champagne! Wonderful stuff that it is, this book starts out presenting some of the history of and techniques of champagne making. The straightforward elegance with which it is written makes this a very pleasant book to read. The author is a physicist who, having got his masters, looked around and wondered who was going to employ a scientist of bubbles. He settled on the research department of Moet & Chandon, an industry with a decided stack in bubbles and their behaviour. This book covers his years of research into bubbles and the science behind their behaviour. I won’t describe it all, as it is a smallish book and anyone interested should read it, but I will say I enjoyed it thoroughly and savoured it slowly. As a revised addition, the afterword is a significant chapter in which the author updates the ten years of work since the first publication, including a section on the pouring of champagne and the glass it should be poured into; this section has some lovely infrared images of the carbon dioxide overflow of pouring champagne. Finally, in compliance with FTC guidelines, I must disclose (that sounds so very ominous doe’s it?) that I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-02-28 00:00:00 Wheeler Wagenet This was so fantastic--it was well-written, clear, and informative. It presented a lot of information about champagne that I was curious about and explained the physics that caused it. This was written by a physicist and there were many very beautiful, precise specific photographs of champagne bubbles. The book was short. I liked the wide, short paper trim with large margins, large letting, and double-spaced formatting (I scoffed a bit at first, but honestly it helped me to understand what was going on better and showed the photographs in fantastic detail). Overall, extremely well-done, though the Afterword and Foreword weren't necessary.