Miscellaneous Fascinating read

[Paul_Dennis]

I’ve just finished this book. It’s a fascinating read for anyone interested in Jazz, John Coltrane and Giant Steps in particular, and big ideas in Physics concerning the Big Bang, cosmic inflation and the role of ‘sound’ (in reality not sound but an analogy) waves resulting from quantum instability in seeding structure in the universe.

 

[MikeMorrell]

I’ve just finished this book. It’s a fascinating read for anyone interested in Jazz, John Coltrane and Giant Steps in particular, and big ideas in Physics concerning the Big Bang, cosmic inflation and the role of ‘sound’ (in reality not sound but an analogy) waves resulting from quantum instability in seeding structure in the universe.

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I'll look it up. Thanks for sharing!

Mike

 

[mizmar]

I used to be really into those kinds of books as a young, wannabe, physicist - the Dancing Wooly Masters was big, then. Now they just irritate me.

But

Then

There's Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

This animation explains how BAOs arose in the early universe and how astronomers can study the faint imprint they made on galaxy distribution to probe dark energy’s effects over time. In the beginning, the cosmos was filled with a hot, dense fluid called plasma. Tiny variations in density...

svs.gsfc.nasa.gov

I don't know how jazzy those are. But without which, no galaxies?

 

[Paul_Dennis]

I used to be really into those kinds of books as a young, wannabe, physicist - the Dancing Wooly Masters was big, then. Now they just irritate me.

But

Then

There's Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

This animation explains how BAOs arose in the early universe and how astronomers can study the faint imprint they made on galaxy distribution to probe dark energy’s effects over time. In the beginning, the cosmos was filled with a hot, dense fluid called plasma. Tiny variations in density...

svs.gsfc.nasa.gov

Without which, no galaxies?

This is a major part of the discussion in the book. It’s an interesting read for several reasons, not least the authors dual career as both a professional jazz musician and saxophonist, and theoretical physicist.

I was also completely unaware of Coltrane’s deep interest in Einstein and cosmology. Though I do have some of his later albums such as ‘Stellar Regions’, which for me is a hard listen.

 

[mizmar]

... such as ‘Stellar Regions’, which for me is a hard listen.

If it's any consolation, theoretical cosmology is also a hard read!

 

[TobyB]

Ripple Tank Simulation

for the visuals...

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[Paul_Dennis]

Ripple Tank Simulation

for the visuals...

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Takes me back to o-level physics - ripple tanks, interference patterns etc.