Rhythms of Existence: From Cosmos to Human Experience
暫譯: 存在的節奏：從宇宙到人類經驗

這本書是一部跨學科的探索，探討節奏這一概念在與我們生活和感受經驗密切相關的多個領域中的應用，包括靈性、語言與文學、生態學、社會文化背景、音樂、視覺藝術以及身心健康。書中匯集了24篇來自知名學者和年輕學者的論文，涵蓋這些多樣的領域，其獨特之處在於每篇論文都提供了對節奏概念的深入見解，並將其與其他相關學科聯繫起來。這本書架起了人文學科、社會科學和行為科學之間的橋樑，對於任何對節奏、循環、和諧及其在所有知識領域中無處不在的存在感興趣的人來說，都是一本必讀的書籍。

Dr. Priyadarshi Patnaik is Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and Former Head, HSS, and Former Chairman, Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness, IIT Kharagpur. He is also a part of the Academy of Classical and Folk Arts, IIT Kharagpur. His areas of research include relationship and well-being, visual communication, music and emotion, communication and culture, media communication, translation, and digital humanities. He has authored and edited more than 14 volumes of text, reference books, and creative work. He has around 85 peer-reviewed research papers in journals, edited volumes, and conference proceedings. Many of his translations, poems, short stories, illustrations, and photographs have been published in national and international journals. His interests include poetry, visual arts, and music.

Prof. Tanusree Dutta has been working as Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi. Prior to this she has been working in other prestigious institutes like the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Rajasthan, Banaras Hindu University, etc. Dr. Dutta had obtained her postgraduate and doctorate degree from Banaras Hindu University and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 2000 and 2004, respectively. She has research publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals, which have been cited in manuscripts and books of national and international repute. She also has to her credit an edited book entitled 'Bias in Human Behaviour' and a book on 'Neuromarketing in India: Understanding the Indian Consumer'. Apart from academics, she has also been actively involved in conducting various training programs and consultancy assignments for different companies.

Dr. Archi Banerjee, a student of Physics and Music, is currently working as an Assistant Professor (Grade - I) at Indian Knowledge System and Mental Health Applications Centre, IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India. Her primary area of research and teaching is neuro-cognition of Indian music and arts, and their mental health applications. Previously she has worked as a "Consultant - Mind Lab Research and Implementation" at the Rekhi Foundation, USA, where she was taking classes and conducting workshops at various colleges and universities across India on the applications of modern technologies and neuro-bio sensors in the premises of happiness and wellbeing research. After completing her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics, she completed her Ph.D. in Neuro-cognitive Physics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 2018 and pursued her post-doctoral research (2019-2025) at IIT Kharagpur, India, in the field of Indian classical music and spiritual music cognition, visual arts cognition, emotion, and aesthetics. She has been awarded the prestigious INSPIRE Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. She has authored the book "Musicality of Human Brain through Fractal Analytics" (2018) and has published several high-quality papers in peer-reviewed International Journals and Conferences in the domain of music signal processing and cognitive neuroscience. She is also a student of vocal music for the past 23 years at Shrutinandan school of Music under the patronage of her Guru, Padma Bhushan Awardee Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty and has performed in several academic and musical conferences, university fests and other cultural gatherings across different parts of India.

Dr. Shankha Sanyal holds a Ph.D. in the field of cognitive neurophysics from Sir C.V. Raman Centre for Physics and Music, Jadavpur University. He completed graduation and post-graduation in physics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He is currently Research Associate in the School of Languages and Linguistics, Jadavpur University. His primary research interest currently revolves around studying the acoustical and neural manifestations of speech and music signals using state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms. He has been actively involved in different theater performances as well as science popularization campaigns. He is Member of the Acoustical Society of America and The Asiatic Society, Kolkata. He has more than 25 publications in international journals and two books in the subject.

普里亞達爾希·帕特奈克博士是人文與社會科學系的教授，曾任HSS系主任及卡哈爾古爾印度理工學院（IIT Kharagpur）幸福科學卓越中心的主席。他也是卡哈爾古爾印度理工學院古典與民間藝術學院的一部分。他的研究領域包括人際關係與幸福感、視覺傳達、音樂與情感、溝通與文化、媒體傳播、翻譯以及數位人文學。他已撰寫和編輯超過14卷的文本、參考書籍和創作作品。他在期刊、編輯卷和會議論文集中發表了約85篇經過同行評審的研究論文。他的許多翻譯、詩歌、短篇故事、插圖和照片已在國內外期刊上發表。他的興趣包括詩歌、視覺藝術和音樂。

塔努斯里·達塔教授目前在印度管理學院（Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi）擔任教授。在此之前，她曾在其他知名機構工作，如卡哈爾古爾印度理工學院、拉賈斯坦邦、瓦納拉斯印度大學等。達塔博士於2000年和2004年分別在瓦納拉斯印度大學和卡哈爾古爾印度理工學院獲得碩士和博士學位。她在國內外的同行評審期刊上發表了研究論文，這些論文已被國內外知名的手稿和書籍引用。她還編輯了一本名為《人類行為中的偏見》（Bias in Human Behaviour）的書籍，以及一本名為《印度的神經行銷：理解印度消費者》（Neuromarketing in India: Understanding the Indian Consumer）的書籍。除了學術工作外，她還積極參與為不同公司舉辦各種培訓計劃和顧問任務。

阿爾奇·班納吉博士是一名物理學和音樂的學生，目前在印度喜馬偕爾邦的曼迪印度知識系統與心理健康應用中心（IIT Mandi）擔任助理教授（I級）。她的主要研究和教學領域是印度音樂和藝術的神經認知及其心理健康應用。她曾在美國的瑞基基金會擔任「顧問 - 心智實驗室研究與實施」，在印度各大學和學院教授課程並舉辦工作坊，探討現代技術和神經生物傳感器在幸福與福祉研究中的應用。在完成物理學的學士和碩士學位後，她於2018年在加爾各答的賈達夫普爾大學獲得神經認知物理學的博士學位，並於2019年至2025年在卡哈爾古爾印度理工學院進行印度古典音樂和靈性音樂認知、視覺藝術認知、情感和美學的博士後研究。她獲得了印度政府科學與技術部頒發的INSPIRE獎學金。她著有《通過分形分析的人腦音樂性》（Musicality of Human Brain through Fractal Analytics，2018）一書，並在音樂信號處理和認知神經科學領域的國際期刊和會議上發表了多篇高質量論文。她在過去23年中在Shrutinandan音樂學校學習聲樂，師從榮獲帕德瑪·布赫尚獎的音樂家阿喬伊·查克拉博提（Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty），並在印度各地的學術和音樂會議、大學慶典及其他文化聚會中表演。

尚卡·桑雅爾博士擁有賈達夫普爾大學C.V.拉曼物理與音樂中心的認知神經物理學博士學位。他在加爾各答的賈達夫普爾大學完成了物理學的本科和研究生學位。目前，他是賈達夫普爾大學語言與語言學院的研究助理。他目前的主要研究興趣圍繞使用最先進的信號處理算法研究語音和音樂信號的聲學和神經表現。他積極參與各種戲劇表演以及科學普及活動。他是美國聲學學會和加爾各答亞洲學會的成員。他在國際期刊上發表了超過25篇論文，並出版了兩本相關主題的書籍。