Mozart!

As for the relationship between music and scientific research, Einstein believed that the two complemented and complemented each other. "Music does not affect research work. Both of them draw nourishment from the same spring of desire, and the comfort they bring to mankind also complements each other." He wrote elsewhere:

< p>The research work in the fields of music and physics is different in origin, but they are connected by the same goal, which is the desire to express the unknown. Their reflections are different, but they complement each other. As for creation in art and science, here I completely agree with Schopenhauer that the desire to escape from the humdrum of daily life and to find refuge in a world full of images created by us is their most powerful motivation. The world can be made up of musical notes or mathematical formulas. We try to create reasonable images of the world where we feel at home and can achieve a sense of stability that we cannot achieve in our daily lives.

Music and science communicate in this way in pursuit of goals and motivations for exploration: science reveals the unknown and harmony of the external material world, and music reveals the unknown and harmony of the internal spiritual world. When the two reach the peak of harmony, Different paths lead to the same destination. In addition, science in the process of pursuit and exploration is not only intellectual, but also deeply emotional. This will undoubtedly resonate with music to some extent, thus inspiring inspiration for invention. As Leibniz said: Music is an imitation of the universal harmony arranged by God for the world. Nothing exults the feelings like harmony in music, which to reason is the harmony of nature, to which it is but a small imitation. In particular, the way of thinking and methods of music creation are closely related to scientific creation. At the moment of creation, the barrier between the two often disappears. Einstein's understanding of music is exactly the same as his grasp of science

In music I don't look for logic, I am completely intuitive on the whole and don't know music theory. If I cannot intuitively grasp the inner unity (architectural structure) of a work, then I will never like it.

This kind of overall and intuitive way of thinking and method is not only the creative wand of Mozart and Bach, but also the inventive skill of scientific masters such as Poincaré and Einstein. Einstein had unknowingly trained the creative art deep in his soul through music since he was a child, and integrated this art with scientific insight and inspiration, and the religious feelings of the universe, thereby creating his spiritual temperament to outline the grand blueprint of nature. and profound skills.

Music and science - especially science steeped in mathematics (which was Einstein's science) - were a perfect match in Einstein. He often pondered elusive scientific questions while playing music. According to his sister Maya's recollection, he would sometimes stop suddenly while playing and announce excitedly: "I got it!" As if inspired by the gods, the answer would come unexpectedly in the beautiful melody. According to his younger son Hans: "Whenever he reached a dead end or got into a difficult situation at work, he would find refuge in music, and usually the difficulty would be solved." Indeed, music played a key role in Einstein's creations. The role it plays is much greater than people usually imagine. From the works of his cherished musicians, he seemed to hear how Pythagoras formulated the harmony of numbers, how Galileo considered the notes of nature, how Kepler composed the movement of celestial bodies, how Newton determined the melody of gravity, how Faraday How to think about the prelude of the electromagnetic field, how Maxwell captured the charm of electrodynamics,... Einstein's own principle of invariance (theory of relativity) and the idea of ??statistical fluctuations (quantum theory), are they not "noisy and chaotic bullets, big beads and small beads" In the music of "Pearls Falling on Jade Plate", inspiration falls from the sky and ideas pour out of the mind?