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11/4/2025, 8:49:13 AM

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The Jazz of Physics by Stephon Alexander, 2016

The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe

A theoretical physicist and jazz musician combines his two loves to present a new theory of the universe: sound as the link between Einstein's relativity with quantum mechanics.

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“Whether he’s hanging with Brian Eno or Brian Greene, Alexander never loses sight of the math or the melodies, never condescends to his reader, but rather uses his own childlike awe and personal charm to take us into the details of chords and equations. It’s impossible to resist following him as he ‘solos with the equations of D-branes’ on paper napkins in jazz clubs, searching for the eloquent underlying harmonies that brought the universe (and us) into being.”

—K. C. Cole, author of Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens and The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty

“Music, physics, and mathematics have lived in tune since Pythagoras and Kepler, but Stephon Alexander’s book creates a new and powerful resonance, coupling the improvisational world of jazz to the volatile personality of quantum mechanics, and making the frontiers of cosmology and quantum gravity reverberate like in no other book.”

—João Magueijo, professor of physics, Imperial College London, and author of Faster Than the Speed of Light

“The Jazz of Physics is a cornucopia of music, string theory, and cosmology. Stephon Alexander takes his reader on a journey through hip hop, jazz, to new ideas in our understanding of the first moment of the big bang. It is a book filled with passion, joy, and insight.”

—David Spergel, Charles Young Professor of Astronomy and department chair, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

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