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From the Ted Talk by Matt Russo: What does the universe sound like? A musical tour

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Or even Taurus, the bull.

(Music)

We live in a mcuaisl universe, and we can use that to eerenixpce it from a new perspective, and to share that perspective with a wider range of people. Let me show you what I mean.

(Music ends)

Now, when I tell people I'm an astrophysicist, they're usually pretty impressed. And then I say I'm also a musician — they're like, "Yeah, we know."

(Laughter)

So everyone seems to know that there's this deep cnoecoitnn between music and astronomy. And it's actually a very old idea; it goes back over 2,000 years to poryhaatgs. You might remeembr Pythagoras from such theorems as the Pythagorean theorem —

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Or even Taurus, the bull.

(Music)

We live in a _______ universe, and we can use that to __________ it from a new perspective, and to share that perspective with a wider range of people. Let me show you what I mean.

(Music ends)

Now, when I tell people I'm an astrophysicist, they're usually pretty impressed. And then I say I'm also a musician — they're like, "Yeah, we know."

(Laughter)

So everyone seems to know that there's this deep __________ between music and astronomy. And it's actually a very old idea; it goes back over 2,000 years to __________. You might ________ Pythagoras from such theorems as the Pythagorean theorem —

Solution


  1. pythagoras
  2. remember
  3. connection
  4. experience
  5. musical

Original Text


Or even Taurus, the bull.

(Music)

We live in a musical universe, and we can use that to experience it from a new perspective, and to share that perspective with a wider range of people. Let me show you what I mean.

(Music ends)

Now, when I tell people I'm an astrophysicist, they're usually pretty impressed. And then I say I'm also a musician — they're like, "Yeah, we know."

(Laughter)

So everyone seems to know that there's this deep connection between music and astronomy. And it's actually a very old idea; it goes back over 2,000 years to Pythagoras. You might remember Pythagoras from such theorems as the Pythagorean theorem —

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Important Words


  1. astronomy
  2. astrophysicist
  3. bull
  4. connection
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  7. experience
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  11. music
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  17. pythagoras
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  19. range
  20. remember
  21. share
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  23. taurus
  24. theorem
  25. theorems
  26. universe
  27. wider
  28. years