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Show HN: Encouraging STEM Using Advanced Math in Music
- johncole 10y ago>>In this song, the emcee articulates and presents math from various, relatively advanced perspectives, while using the context of a nerdy professor giving advise to an embattled Mathematics Major student who must finish his assignments soon, and practice harder.
- burnbabyburn 10y agothis is awfully good... ok actually only awful
- nfixx 10y agoI loved working on this project, but haven't properly gotten an idea how best to introduce the song to potential fans ;-) Also, it might not appeal to everyone, but, like most creative work, those who find it inspiring will perhaps make the most of it. Best you can do for me is share and keep enjoying... Cheers!
- zengid 10y agoI was hoping this would be using advanced math to MAKE music.
- tpeo 10y agoCheck out Dmitri Tymoczko's "Geometry of Music". https://www.amazon.com/Geometry-Music-Counterpoint-Extended-Practice/dp/0195336674 https://www.amazon.com/Geometry-Music-Counterpoint-Extended-... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnvynOyZI-Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnvynOyZI-Q
- zengid 10y agoWatching now. Thank you!
- ivan_ah 10y agoI like. It would have been better if the math topics made more sense, so each stanza would tell a story rather than just name drop. On the other hand the production quality is awesome, beat is good, and voice is good. It sounded like a professional rap song. @nfixx get in touch by email if you would like to collaborate on lyrics. I have lots of ideas for math topics.
- nfixx 10y agoThanks for that feedback! Yep, using story-like approach would have given more meaning to the song, but one of the original motivations for this was to put enough references to math concepts in the lyrics, in a way that would encourage the curious listener to dig them up, and perhaps start to either relate with or love math. This song is part of a bigger attempt at using the creative arts to expose our African youth to STEM disciplines, and to make the science and math more appealing to a population that's really greatly lagging behind compared to the rest of the world. You might find this other similar project even more interesting: http://genius.com/Nemesis-fixx-the-3lite-hackx0rs-lyrics http://genius.com/Nemesis-fixx-the-3lite-hackx0rs-lyrics It's a song introducing important concepts of Information Security to listeners, via a story of an African hacker that's in battle with an NSA crew. It's more story-like. Yes, I'd love to write more music like this, and so will get in touch to get ideas and feedback on how to get even better. Thanks.
- nfixx 10y agonfixx here. To those who like this way of using music to popularize and celebrate mathematics, perhaps the other related project might even be more appealing: The Elite Hackers : http://genius.com/Nemesis-fixx-the-3lite-hackx0rs-lyrics http://genius.com/Nemesis-fixx-the-3lite-hackx0rs-lyrics As I've commented elsewhere, this other song is meant to expose people to the concepts of Information Security (a very important topic in our culture and world today). It is a story of an African hacker that wakes up in the night, to find his servers under attack by the NSA. The song traces the battle that then proceeds, and in the process, drops many references to some of the real-world concepts encountered in real hacking and info-sec. I hope these sort of music projects don't just entertain nerds and geeks, but introduce STEM concepts to a wider audience, using media such as rap music, that many youth can readily relate to, and perhaps even give more attention to than long essays and books - the attention spans of the young are getting worse, and so using such approaches as music to educate might make more sense for some scenarios.