Speaker: Christopher Cartwright
The intertwining of mathematics, physics, and music has a long and convoluted history. We will trace some of the significant developments in music with input from math and physics related to musical scales and tonality, string theory ancient and modern, overtones and frequencies. The journey will see contributions from Pythagorus to Fourier via Euler, Galileo to Einstein via Helmholtz, and Bach to Stravinsky via Beethoven.