Philosophy
Music of the spheres?
In the words of Sarah Palin..."You bethcha"...she can hear the sounds of Uranus from her front porch.Abstract:What do Brian May (the Queen’s lead guitarist), William Herschel and the Jupiter Symphony have in common? And a white dwarf, a piano and Lagartija Nick? At first glance, there is no connection between them, nor between Music and Astronomy. However, there aremany revealing examples of musical Astronomy and astronomical Music. This four-page proceeding describes the sonorous poster that we showed during the VIII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society.Jos´e A. Caballero offers this paper...
Music and AstronomyBrian May...Ph. D. in astrophysics
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Royal Astronomical Society Isn't Interested In Sir Patrick Moore's Residence
"Sir Patrick Moore astronomy centre plans scrapped, says Brian May" Brian May has confirmed that Sir Patrick Moore's home will not be converted into an astronomy centre, despite his close friend's wishes. by Rhiannon Williams September 19th,...
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Brian May To Host Moore's "sky At Night"?
"Brian May should replace Sir Patrick Moore on Sky At Night, astronomy experts say" Queen guitarist Brian May should replace Sir Patrick Moore on BBC1’s Sky At Night, leading astronomy professors have claimed, hailing the musician as one of the few...
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Never Too Young...kathryn Aurora Gray
"10-year old girl becomes youngest to discover a supernova" by Brian Osborne January 5th, 2011 geek.com While some kids may want to be an astronomer when they grow up, one ten-year old girl has decided not to wait. Astronomy is not only in her blood,...
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Brian May...ph. D. In Astrophysics
Brian May Well, why not? Brian May, of the rock group Queen, has achieved his Ph. D. in astrophysics and written a book, Bang! The Complete History of the Universe, in collaboration with Sir Patrick Moore [astronomer] and Chris Lintott [astrophysicist]....
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International Year Of Astronomy 2009
A very early reminder that next year [2009] will be the official year of "Astronomy" much as 2005 was "The World Year of Physics". In honor of the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first recorded telescopic observations of the moon, Jupiter, and...
Philosophy