Comments on: 8+ Scientifically-Minded Musicians

By: ted

ted — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:40:35 +0000

Didn’t Neatorama just do something very like this not so long ago?

By: sybann

sybann — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:41:35 +0000

Kris Kristofferson is a Rhodes Scholar.

By: johnnybluejeans

johnnybluejeans — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:25:12 +0000

Maybe an honorable mention to Tool? No advanced degrees I know of but they do have the song “Lateralus”. The time signature revolves through three bars of 9/8, 8/8 and 7/8. 987 being a number in the Fibonacci sequuence. The lyrics of the song talk about the spiral as a metaphor for understanding and creativity too.

By: Jari T

Jari T — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:26:04 +0000

Michael White of the pop group Thomson Twins is an accomplished science writer:

“Leonardo – The First Scientist”
“Stephen Hawking – A Life in Science”
“Isaac newton: The Last Sorcerer”

By: PeteRepeat42

PeteRepeat42 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:18:58 +0000

John Tichy from Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen is a professor and former department head at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

By: Squonk

Squonk — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:05:05 +0000

Woody Paul, vocalist and fiddler for Riders in the Sky, has a PhD in Theoretical Plasma Physics from MIT.

By: Another Tim

Another Tim — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:59:20 +0000

What about “Weird Al” Yankovic with his architecture degree?

By: Beebo

Beebo — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:53:04 +0000

Mira Aroyo, from Ladytron, has a PhD in genetics.

By: Eekster

Eekster — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:47:50 +0000

(sigh)

Guess I’ll just be content with being good to mediocre at a bunch of things, including music!