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[puddingcat]

AAaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh....

*Is dead*

James May, talking about the physics of violins on Radio 3. Comparing Bach to Porsches, and Pythagoras and harmonics and double stopping and Chopin and GUH.

Holy crap, there is nothing more attractive than well-applied intelligence.

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[munchkinott.livejournal.com]

He did what about violins? *gulp*

[dr-wez.livejournal.com]

There's an old Fellow at Queens' who makes violins as a hobby and whom I was specifically warned not to ask about it, lest I find the conversation end just in time for me to go & collect my old-age pension.

The physics of things that you don't normally think of as "scientific" is fun.