Beethoven in Love

Black Holes, Bandwidths and Beethoven

It is usually believed that a function φ(t) whose Fourier spectrum is bounded can vary at most as fast as its highest frequency component ωmax. This is in fact not the case, as Aharonov, Berry and others drastically demonstrated with explicit counter examples, so-called superoscillations. It has been claimed that even the recording of an entire Beethoven symphony can occur as part of a signal w...

"Beethoven on Beethoven: Playing His Piano His Way." By William S. Newman

Beethoven (Muss es sein? Es muss sein!)

"The child is father of the man" is the philosophy of the paediatrician, hence the recent trend of intense interest in child development, which embraces the study of factors which influence the growth of the body, mind, personality and spirit from conception to maturity and ultimate achievement. As practitioners of medicine it is natural that much of our effort should be used in the diagnosis a...

Love (Mohabba) in Sufism

In the following, I describe the Sufi Path (tariqa) as a dialectical process which transforms the person through love. I examine the belief system of Islamic mystics as a journey involving both creativity and passion. I do so by using a fresh approach, a perspective that has heretofore yet to be applied to the spiritual alchemy of the Sufis.

Love in the Time of Corona