Time’s Arrow Flies through 500 Years of Classical Music, Physicists Say

Share this on WhatsApp What, exactly, makes music to the ears? Time will tell, according to a new study of five centuries’ worth of compositions. Using techniques derived from statistical mechanics—typically used to study large groups of particles—a team of physicists has mathematically measured the “time irreversibility” of more than 8,000 pieces of Western classical … Continue reading Time’s Arrow Flies through 500 Years of Classical Music, Physicists Say