![]() ![]() ![]() Later, the glass bead game was adopted by mathematicians. Moving these beads into new configurations symbolically represented the development of new, musical themes. Originally, as Hesse relates, the glass bead game was used by musicians as a way to build upon and improvise on musical themes. ![]() Upon these wires were hung beads of various colors, sizes and shapes. In appearance, the glass bead game resembled an abacus, with several dozen wires strung vertically and horizontally. Cast in a future period, one in which intelligent activity reached its fullest expression, the glass bead game provided a way for intellectual masters from various disciplines to synthesize their thinking into new planes of knowledge. Herman Hesse's Nobel Prize winning novel, The Glass Bead Game, written in 1943, may very well contain the secret to competitive success in the 21 century. ![]()
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