Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music Third Edition, Ian Johnston Listened to three amazing episodes of the Music Show on RN ABC radio but unfortunately due to copyright issues, they are unavailable to listen to other than through live broadcast. However, there are full transcripts if you click on the links. If you’re …
All text and images on this post are from the links provided and can be found here. All text is by Peter Pesic in relation to his work Music and the making of modern science. By Peter Pesic Many people interested in science are also keenly interested in music, and vice versa. But what is …
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/musicshow/greg-sheehan-percussion-rhythm-diaries-alina-pash-ukraine-music/13676166 This man has pulled me back in…
Whilst researching Alexander Jamieson, I came across images of Kircher’s Mundus Subterraneus, which I thought were stunning in detail and alternative insight of the times. I won’t go too deep into Kircher as he certainly lived a life, creating a sunflower clock and running a personal museum (visit biodiversity.org) amongst other things. It’s his eye-opening …
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Whilst researching Alex Jamieson’s Celestial Atlas, I took a deep dive into the website of Ian Ridpath, a real polymath on the subject and fascinating for anybody with an interest in astronomy. The text below is quoted from his website. “Of all Jamieson’s many publications, it is his Celestial Atlas that is best remembered. By the time …
https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/151988/view/langley-s-sunspot-observation-1873#:~:text=Langley’s%20sunspot%20observation.,rest%20of%20the%20Sun’s%20surface.
All images from the New York Public Library Abstract. The French-born artist Trouvelot arrived in the United States in 1855. His interest in astronomy began with his observations and sketches of spectacular auroras in the 1870s. This work drew the interest of Harvard College Observatory astronomers and he was invited to join the staff. Using …
Kazimir Malevich and the use of the word ‘Sputnik’. Kazimir Malevich’s work tells a compelling story about the dream of a new social order, the struggle of revolutionary ideals and the power of art itself. Central to this was his prescient fascination with outer space, the cosmos and man’s destiny to explore it (at one …
