Creating the soundtrack for the universe

StarMaker; Quantum Chaos; Photons – looking at the names of the tracks on Ben Moore’s latest electro-rock album, you’ll might get some clues as to his day job. The British-born Moore is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Zurich, working with supercomputers. But he also has a passion for communicating his love of science to the public through books, music and film. I boldly went to visit Moore in his latest incarnation: scientist in residence at the Rietberg Museum in Zurich, which is hosting the Cosmos – an Enduring Mystery exhibition on creation myths and the beginnings of European research into the universe. Ben Moore, who is in his 40s, is waiting for me inside the museum’s darkened rooms. In trainers, jeans and hip glasses, he doesn’t look like your average astrophysicist. What does he make of the exhibition? “It brings together wonderful artefacts from all over the world from different time periods,” he says. “And it shows the imaginations that …
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