Michio Kaku with Nihal Arthanayake
The Penguin Podcast
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The Period I Shart - The Music of Resonances
The periodic table is based on levels that look like the resonances of a vibrating string. There are two electrons that can fill the lowest note, hydrogen and helium. And so once you realize that it's resonences that make the shells of an atom, then it doesn't seem so random any more. Why not look at the period i shart? I know exactly what properties some of these elements may have simply by thinking of music.
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