re: current reading? (OT)

[Michael Peters <mpeters@csi.com>]

> i thought it was also interesting to know
> what others on the list were reading

currently, I'm reading an old German book about birdsong. Why do birds 
sing, what is learned and what is inherited, what are the songs like, and 
what else is there to learn about it? For some reason I'm extremely 
interested in the detailed structure of birdsong, and excited about the 
possibilities of time-stretching software to reveal what would otherwise 
pass much too fast (see the May 13 entry in my MY2K online sound diary for 
an example).

A few weeks ago, I read Brian Greene's book about the Superstring Theory: 
The Elegant Universe. An extremely interesting read. The one underlying 
principle of the universe really seems to be vibration, oscillation - 
waves, or perhaps, in terms of musicians, music and harmony.


=       michael peters
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