The medieval concept of “music of the spheres” held that the movement of the celestial bodies—what we now describe as astrophysics—was, at root, musical. Musical meaning is tantalizing and elusive.

To the memory of Leonard Bernstein, the greatest musical educator of all time, a great conductor and composer who loved jazz and whose televised lectures brought a whole generation of listeners into ...

Vanderbilt physics professor Norman Tolk is passionate about music, physics and faith. “Surely, He hath borne our griefs…” The words, somber and sincere, are joined to like melody and lifted into the ...

Surprising connections between very different areas of physics and unexpected spin-offs from theory were explored by quantum physicist Prof. Sir Michael Berry in a lecture entitled "How quantum ...

Physics Professor Jesse Berezovsky contends that until now, much of the thinking about math and music has been a top-down approach, applying mathematical ideas to existing musical compositions as a ...

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Technology is not always about getting more controlled, more digital and more logical. And a mad new music program that's just launched is a brilliant demonstration of that… and why it matters.

My ANU colleague John Rayner’s excellent recent article on the physics of music seemed to touch a nerve with the readership of The Conversation. Although beautifully framed by the personal and ...

My ANU colleague John Rayner's excellent recent article on the physics of music seemed to touch a nerve with the readership of The Conversation. Although beautifully framed by the personal and ...