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 ...

What does science have to do with abstraction? Can music exist without sound? What are the roles that images play in science and art? These were but a few of the questions discussed by physicists and ...

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 ...

Wherever physics goes, music follows, from the lyrical strains of flute and violin to Blue Wine, Les Horribles Cernettes and Drug Sniffing Dogs. Standing on a stage near the border of France and ...

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In her course Physics 1204: Physics of Music, Prof. Kathy Selby, physics, explains the mathematical relationships that help determine why some musical tunes are enjoyable and others are perceived as ...

Science and art are colliding on the William & Mary campus as part of a performance that will be staged this spring. Aura Curiatlas Physical Theatre is developing its production of “A Life With No ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- When you think of the intersection of science and music, you might think of Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" – that song consisting of creatively-reordered recitation of all the elements ...