[MD] IOT: THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES

[Marsha]

Greetings Ian,

"In Our Times" is a great BBC program.  As a podcast, it's downloaded 
automatically, and I find something of value in each program.

Also, thanks for the info on "The Ascent of Man" being available.  I will 
definitely track it down.  Wow, the 70s were a long time ago.

Marsha




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Glendinning" <ian.glendinning at gmail.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: [MD] IOT: THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES


> Hi Marsha and all,
>
> Yes, another excellent piece from "In Our Time"
>
> My own personal story .... the first person to ever turn me on to the
> "beauty of nature" was Jacob Bronowski who did a major BBC TV Documentary
> series in the 1970's "The Ascent of Man". He used "Music of the Spheres" 
> as
> the title of his piece on the history of cosmology - through the 
> renaissance
> and the enlightenment. Left an impression on me to this day.
>
> BTW that series is available on DVD, and I watched it right through again
> recently after I was reminded of it when blogging about Lisa Jardine, who 
> is
> Jacob Bronowski's daugher.
> http://www.psybertron.org/?p=685
>
> Regards
> Ian
>
> On 6/21/08, Marsha <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
>>
>> This was interesting...
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime.shtml
>>
>> This is the music of the spheres - the idea that the stars and planets as
>> they travel through space make beautiful music together.
>>
>> The music of the spheres played out of the classical world, through the
>> medieval period and into the Renaissance. It affords us a glimpse into 
>> minds
>> for whom the universe was full of meaning, of strange correspondences and
>> grand harmonies.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> Shoot for the moon.  Even if you miss, you'll land among the 
>> stars.........
>>
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