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Plant Biology Informs the Origins of the Stradivarius
- PeterWhittaker 12y agotl;dr: Plant morphologist who plays recreational viola applies the approach used to study how leaf shape varies by species and genus over time to the study of the shapes of violins, etc., developed by four major luthier families. 'That the study sets aside differences in sound makes it unique. “This is respectable research, halfway between science and history in terms of academic disciplines... revealing things about the story of the violin that were not obvious before reading it.”' (I'm also a recreational violist. How many more of us are there, I wonder?)