The symphony of the universe
The universe is not matter – it’s music!
Lynne’s new book The God Notes: How Sound Creates the World, is now out.
You’ll discover that sound does more than entertain us – it is the secret to life itself!
The entire universe is a symphony of pulsating sound, And now, at last, you can hear it!
Lynne placed QR codes in The God Notes to lead you to this page, so you can listen few of these sounds for yourself
Chapter 4: The Song of the Cell
MIT materials scientist Markus Buehler discovered that the proteins in your body and in nature make complex songs. He identified the individual frequencies of amino acids, turned them into audible notes and found that they were making music!
Listen to the jazzy song of the enzyme lysozyme
And the Covid-19 spike protein uses counterpoint
Interweaving two melodies like a Bach fugue, the spike protein offers another extraordinary example of how the structures of life can be translated into sound.
Chapter 10: The Celestial Symphony
Far from being empty, space is filled with sounds that offer a remarkable new way to explore the universe and the forces that surround our planet. Listen to these extraordinary recordings from NASA.
The sound of the Sun
Discover the remarkable sounds associated with our star and the activity that helps drive its influence throughout the solar system.
The Earth’s geomagnetic field drops the beat
Earth’s magnetic environment produces fascinating signals that scientists can translate into sound. Listen to the Earth’s magnetic drum in space.
Electrons in the Earth’s magnetosphere whistle like birds
Listen to the fascinating chorus of radio waves generated by energetic electrons interacting with Earth’s magnetic environment — a phenomenon that scientists call chorus waves.
Black holes sound like a science-fiction movie
What does a black hole sound like? Explore this remarkable sonification of a black hole in the Perseus galaxy cluster. Cambridge astrophysicists have studied the role of sound waves in the hot gas surrounding galaxy clusters.
All sounds provided by permission of NASA and Dr. Markus Buehler.