Since Pythagoras, scientists and philosophers have seen connections between periodic motions, whether in the different orbital periods of planets or in the notes of a scale. Today, that same mathematics underlies fields as diverse as tuning theory in music and quantum mechanics.
Speaker Bio:
Jonathan Rebelsky is an Analytical Chemistry PhD Candidate in the Department of Chemistry. Jonathan earned a Bachelor’s of Arts degree from Grinnell College in Music and Chemistry and works in the Widicus Weaver lab studying prebiotic ions and radicals in the interstellar medium.
