November 28, 2005

Mathematics and Music.

comments...

You'd probably enjoy Mario Livio's _The Unsovlable Equation_, an update of sorts to GEB (Hofstadter consulted) with a focus on symmetry, group theory, string theory, and the tragic life of Evariste Galois:

http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?sid=33&pid=510129&agid=2

Dave Beck will have Livio as a guest on The Beat sometime this month.