Marvin Minsky
Marvin Minsky (1927-2016) was an American computer scientist known for his work with Artificial Intelligence and for inventing the confocal microscope. He was also a talented improvisational pianist.
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Per Enflo
An exceptionally gifted child, the Swede mathematician Per Enflo[1] started playing piano at the age of seven. Some five years latter he performed as a soloist with the Royal Orchestra of Sweden, starting a career as concert pianist that he … Sigue leyendo →
Daniel J. Levitin
Daniel J. Levitin is a prestigious neuroscientist and cognitive psychologist specialized in the perception and cognition of music. A musician himself (playing sax, guitar, bass and vocals) he has also worked as a recording engineer (C. Santana, The Grateful Death), … Sigue leyendo →
Science & Music Quotes
“Music has no effect on research work, but both are born of the same source and complement each other through the satisfaction they bestow” A. Einstein «it appears probable that the progenitors of man, either the males or females or … Sigue leyendo →
Concerts, 2011
Thursday June, 16th ICMM Thursday July, 7th CSIC-Central Monday December, 19th ICMM-25 years
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Max Planck, one of the fathers of quantum theory, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1918) and one of the most respected scientists of the 20th Century had to take on an early age what may seem to some … Sigue leyendo →
Edward Elgar
The British composer Sir Edward William Elgar (1857-1934) is well known for his very British «Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches«, and the «Enigma Variations». The son of a fiddler and piano tuner, Elgar studied piano and violin, but was a … Sigue leyendo →
W.E.E. @ Onda Cero
Interview with Within Experimental Error on the popular science radio program Partiendo de Cero by Paco de León, broadcasted in the wee hours of Sunday October 3rd 2010, from 4:00 to 6:00 am (popular science time = prime time). Partiendo … Sigue leyendo →
Thomas Young
A physician, polymath and professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution, the scientific contributions of Thomas Young (1773-1829) span such diverse fields as the wave theory of light, the elasticity of solids, the surface tension, the theory of color … Sigue leyendo →
W.E.E. @ El Mundo
Interview at El Mundo Digital, 09/26/2010:
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