The Jazz of Physics - The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe by Stephon Alexander
Following the great minds that first drew the links between music and physics - a list including Pythagoras, Kepler, Newton, Einstein, and Rakim - The Jazz of Physics revisits the ancient realm where music, physics, and the cosmos were one. This cosmological journey accompanies Alexander's own tale of struggling to reconcile his passion for music and physics, from taking music lessons as a boy in the Bronx to studying theoretical physics at Imperial College, London's inner sanctum of string theory. Playing the saxophone and improvising with equations, Alexander uncovered the connection between the fundamental waves that make up sound and the fundamental waves that make up everything else. As he reveals, the ancient poetic idea of the "music of the spheres", taken seriously, clarifies confounding issues in physics.This hardcover book is in good condition with minor imperfections to the dust jacket and pages in very good condition.ISBN 10: 0465034993 / ISBN 13: 9780465034994Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Date: 2016
