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The Math Behind the Music
Story aired: Friday, July 07, 2006



Here and Now's Allan Coukell joins us to discuss a recent paper published in the Journal of Science that describes a new relationship between math and music.

According to the paper, in addition to the more familiar ancient link between math and music, modern geometry provides new insight into the structure of music.

Guests:


Allan Coukell, Here & Now

Dmitri Tymoczko, Assistant Professor of Music, Princeton University

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