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David Politzer, “The Physics of Banjos” (Open Agenda, 2021)

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Acoustics

"I haven't a clue. All i know is that i can take a computer generated tone and give it some frequency modulation just a little, and it sounds kind of bell like," he says. "It took the whole ysics community, including the big acceleratos ind whatever, about four years to decide that that was right." He adds: 'Perhaps my biggest contribution is to draw attention to the instrument'

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