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A Brief History of 20th Century Classical Music (Tetris-style)
Where the timeline of classical music history was more or less a line, a series of relatively consistent and coherent approaches one after another, classical music in the 20th century was more like a complicated game of Tetris, a bunch … Continue reading
Mozart: What Shaped The Life Of The Prodigy? | Classical Destinations | Perspective
Telling of child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Explore Europe’s most beautiful cities while enjoying the music written within their boundaries. […]
How Inertial Navigation Changed Air, Sea & Space Travel for Ever?
Get NordVPN’s 2 year plan + four months extra for free here: https://nordvpn.com/curiousdroid It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Before Inertial navigation , space travel, long range missles and covert military air mission were very difficult if not impossible. … Continue reading
Darwin Missed An Example of Evolution Right Under His Nose
Kallie’s book “Tales of the Prehistoric World”: https://bookshop.org/p/books/tales-of… The 2023 Eons calendar: https://www.complexlycalendars.com/pr… Charles Darwin encountered a tiny fox-like creature during his famous voyage but instead of discovering its fascinating evolutionary story, he just knocked it on the head with … Continue reading
Real Reason Ships Don’t Pass Under South America (It’s Not the Distance)
Most understand that the construction of the Panama Canal was necessary in order to significantly reduce the travel time of going around the tip of South America. While that is true, there are also much more treacherous and nefarious reasons … Continue reading
Why the Sun Moves in Figure 8s Across the Sky
How long is a day? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down what an analemma is, the solstices, and why Christmas is in December. Does the sundial– that we’re all definitely still using– get noon wrong? Learn what an … Continue reading
The Listening Service – Strange Tuning – BBC Sounds
An odyssey through the musical universe, presented by Tom Service.Mozart’s famous Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola makes its effect not least through the unusual tuning of the strings of one of the solo instruments. Mozart asks the viola player … Continue reading
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