Famous Scientists in Songs
This "mad scientist" was famously mentioned in a Queen song.
Who is Galileo
The strings on a guitar vibrate to produce this.
What is sound
“Rocket Man” was sung by this artist.
Who is Elton John
The highness or lowness of a sound.
What is pitch
A video by OK Go famously used this type of scientific principle in treadmills.
What is physics / motions
He was the inspiration for the song "Einstein on the Beach."
Who is Albert Einstein
This part of a piano strikes strings to make noise.
This 1969 song celebrated humans landing on the Moon.
What is Moonlight Sonata (or Apollo 11 theme)
This term measures how fast a sound wave vibrates.
What is frequency
One artist used these geometric shapes in a video for “Crystalline.”
What are crystals
This woman, a pioneer in chemistry, is referenced in a song by They Might Be Giants.
Who is Marie Curie
Brass instruments make sound using this type of vibration.
What is lip vibration
The Beatles sang about this yellow celestial body.
What is the sun
The basic building blocks of melody in music.
What are notes
A viral music video shows instruments being played by falling water, demonstrating this principle.
What is sound and resonance
A British physicist famous for his laws of motion appears in a song about gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton
The speed of sound is faster in this medium than air.
What is water (or a solid)
David Bowie famously sang about this “starman” from space.
Who is Ziggy Stardust
This interval has 12 semitones in Western music.
What is an octave
This 1980s video used lasers and light refraction effects.
What is Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel
This geneticist inspired a rap song explaining DNA.
Who is Gregor Mendel
This law explains why a plucked string produces a higher pitch when shorter.
What is the physics of vibrating strings
This song by Coldplay talks about stars and the universe.
What is 'A Sky Full of Stars'
This type of wave describes most sound vibrations.
What is a longitudinal wave
A song about climate change by Billie Eilish references this scientific phenomenon.
What is global warming