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OverviewMore than fifty years ago, John Coltrane drew the twelve musical notes in a circle and connected them by straight lines, forming a five-pointed star. Inspired by Einstein, Coltrane put physics and geometry at the core of his music. Now, physicist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander follows suit, using jazz to investigate physics. Following in the tradition of the great minds that first drew links between music and physics-Pythagoras, Kepler, Newton, Einstein, and Rakim-The Jazz of Physics visits both the ancient realm where music, physics, and the cosmos were one and Alexander's own life. For, in Alexander's attempts to reconcile and balance his own passion for music and physics, he uncovered a connection between the fundamental waves that make up sound and the fundamental waves that make up everything else-a connection which reveals that, when the ancient poetic idea of the music of the spheres is taken seriously, it can clarify some of physics' most vexing questions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephon Alexander , Don HagenPublisher: Dreamscape Media Imprint: Dreamscape Media Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 12.70cm Weight: 0.068kg ISBN: 9781520078151ISBN 10: 1520078153 Publication Date: 25 July 2017 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationStephon Alexander is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, jazz musician, STEM education advocate, public speaker, and author who straddles and integrates the two worlds of theoretical physics and jazz. Prior to becoming a professor at Brown, the university from which he earned his doctorate, he worked as a research physicist at both Imperial College and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. As a saxophonist, he has been mentored by Ornette Coleman and Will Calhoun. Don Hagen started narrating audiobooks in 1997 as a volunteer at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, which was recently renamed Learning Ally. In addition to his freelance voice work, he is a member of the audiobook-narration team at the Library of Congress. He spends most of his time recording commercial audiobooks in his home studio in Washington, DC, where he lives with his wife, Wendy, and their faithful Labradoodle, Riley. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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