Cosmos II

1

All from Nothing?

universe cosmos

2

Relatively Weird

A semi-humorous song about Einstein's special relativity (travel near the speed of light) and general relativity (strong gravity). Written for science students but fun for all sentient beings in the cosmos!

#6 in Guitar Rock

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folk

universe

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3

Superluminal Lover

Today #5 in Latin

#3 in General Latin

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folk

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4

Life and Death in the Cosmos

Song written for my cosmology class about supernovae, the deaths of massive stars that give life to us and other entities in the cosmos made out of elements heavier than helium

#1 in Alternative Metal

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folk

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5

Another Planet

If we trash the Earth with global warming and deaths of species, there's no other hospitable place in the Solar System. Targeted to politicians who cater to businessmen whose only priority is short-term gain. A good song for Earth Day.

#4 in Acoustic Rock

planets

global warming

earth day

solar system

6

Elusive Truth

About how 'absolute truth' in our description of the natural world is a slippery concept.

#6 in Acoustic Folk

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folk

universe

cosmos

7

Parallel Lives

Musings about the implications of an infinite universe or a multiverse that spawns an infinite number of parallel universes: there would be countless versions of each person, in every possible variation

#2 in Acoustic General

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rock

folk

universe

cosmos

8

The Fall of Ancient Science

A partial Dylan-type rap with singing in the background during the chorus and in the foreground at the end, about how Kepler and Galileo overturned the millenia-old ideas by finding that the Earth and other planets all revolve around the Sun.

Adult Contemporary

pop

rock

folk

universe

cosmos

9

Retrograde

Composed for a class on astronomy.

Pop Rock

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folk

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10

Stars by the Colors

Mellow song about the different basic types of stars in the Galaxy that we can identify by their colors and spectra.

Adult Contemporary

pop

rock

folk

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cosmos

11

Explosive Origins

Reminds us that we are descendents of the Big Bang, stars that exploded, and dust.

#3 in Folk

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rock

folk

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cosmos

12

The Particle Zoo

Summary of some aspects of the Standard Model of particle physics.

#4 in Classic Rock

science

physics

particle physics

13

Universe Perverse

A punk-rock protest to the prospects of a deterministic universe in which we have no free will

#1 in Punk

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folk

universe

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14

Timeless

This song about the mystery of time revolves around a pun between the usual meaning of 'timeless' as being eternal and 'timeless' as being out of time.

Acoustic Folk

pop

rock

folk

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cosmos

15

Reality Abuse

Mysterious sounding song about how weird our world is when we look at it on the smallest scales, for example inside an atom, where quantum physics prevails.

Adult Contemporary

pop

rock

folk

universe

cosmos

16

Universal History

A rousing song about our ultimate history that started with the Big Bang. Goes through stages of the Big Bang as the key gets lower and lower, signifying the cooling of the universe and therefore the lower average frequency of its light.

Alternative Metal

pop

rock

folk

universe

cosmos

17

Dancing around the Shadow

Song composed for 3rd imaging workshop of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

#4 in Adult Contemporary

black hole

sgr a

galactic center

18

Blazar Insanity

#6 in Rock General

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universe

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19

Bad Data

In astronomical observations as well as the rest of life, Murphy's Law will prevail and things will go wrong. In that case, you're better off to throw out the bad data.

Blues Rock

pop

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20

Ghost of Perfect Love

A lively song about going through life haunted by the ghost of a past great love while in an unstable current relationship.

Acoustic General

pop

rock

folk

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cosmos