6. Dr. Stephon Alexander The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
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In The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe, physicist and jazz saxophonist Dr. Stephon Alexander revisits the ancient realm where music, physics, and the cosmos were one. This cosmological journey accompanies Alexander\\u2019s 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. 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 \\u201cmusic of the spheres,\\u201d taken seriously, clarifies confounding issues in physics. Dr. Alexander is the Royce Family Professor at Brown University\\u2019s Physics Department. In 2013, he won the prestigious American Physical Society Bouchet Award for \\u201chis contributions to theoretical cosmology.\\u201d He is also a jazz musician, and recently finished recording his first electronic jazz album with Erin Rioux.
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