Why are so many scientists also musicians? These posts take a closer look at the overlap between music and science, and the people who are active in both fields. Sign up to the Musicians & Scientists Quarterly newsletter (tick the box at the bottom of the form)
I have been thinking of making a separate page listing some connections between music and science. It would have a list of scientists who are also musicians, musicians who are…
Did you know that Brian May quit his PhD in astrophysics to tour with Queen? In 1969 he was in the advanced thesis writing stage when he gave up the…
There’s a video of Chladni patterns or resonance patterns on YouTube. Turn down the volume before you watch this! I don’t have sound here, but according to the comments on…
The University of New South Wales in Australia has a Music Acoustics research group, which studies some of the specifics of music physics. Their elaborate website is a fun time…
Albert Einstein played violin, and composer Alexander Borodin was a researcher in organic chemistry. They were not the only ones dabbling in both music and science. Even though these disciplines…
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