26 Aug 2009

The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley: 1962-1963

From The Stars are Comforting, 7:00 pm on 26 August 2009

Twenty-first, Nuclear proliferation and M.Sc.

“The answer to not going crazy with worry is to me to think on a much larger scale than the Earth; the stars are comforting in the standards of relative importance they set. Yet the little, Earthy things seem so much more valuable when they are at stake!”

The Quintuplet Cluster

The Quintuplet Cluster Photo: NASA, Public Domain

Music details

MOZART Violin Sonata K378, 3rd mvt (DG 477 5801)

SCHUBERT Trout Quintet (VIRGIN 5 45563)

CORELLI La Follia (TESTAMENT SBT 1258)

TARTINI Violin Sonata in G min, Allegro energico (TESTAMENT SBT 1258)

BRAHMS Viola Quintet Op 111 (SONY SK 68476)

MOZART Violin Sonata K378, 3rd mvt DG 477 5801 1:35