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Source: NPR "All Things Considered"

Roundup

1-27-06

The Mathematics of Mozart's Music [8min]

Author Mario Livio has studied the relationship between art and mathematics. He tells Michele Norris most of us are attracted to symmetry spiced by some elements of surprise... and that combo is the essence of Mozart's music.

Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"