Pythagoras Theory Of Cosmology Essay

Picture to yourself, if you can, a universe in which everything makes sense. A “serene order presides over the Earth around you,” and the “heavens above revolve in magnificent harmony.” Everything you can see, hear, and know is a particular aspect of the ultimate truth: the simplicity of a geometric theorem, the predictability of the movements of heavenly bodies, the harmonious beauty of a “well-proportioned fugue”- all are reflections of the essential perfection of the universe. These are, in essence, the words of David Chamberlain, an astronomical scholar from the Penn State University, in his introduction to his own research paper on the Music of the Spheres. Like him, the concept of the Music of the Spheres intrigued me immediately when I started researching the topic. I have always had a passion for Astronomy, and it was so interesting to discover the immense effect that Pythagoras’s theory, the Music of the Spheres, had on Johannes Kepler, and the connection between the three types of music that Boethius discovered in his studies of cosmology. According to the common belief during the Middle Ages, the universe was comprised of many nested celestial spheres, or orbs. According …show more content…
While I was busy researching for this paper, I stumbled upon a poem by Robert Morgan titled “Music of the Spheres”:
The first music we don't hear but know, is inner, the rings around atoms singing, the bright levels in matter revealed by colors through spectrum scales all up and down the quantum ladder in fireworks of the inner horizons, each zone voicing its wavelength with choirs in the tiny stadiums of harmony of the deeper galaxies, ancient octaves and intervals, lit cities within every speck of substance.