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My book, The Jazz of Physics, looks at the ways that concepts and research in theoretical physics parallel jazz improvisation and performance. Playing jazz has shaped the way I approach physics and opened me up to appreciating an improvisational style in my research. And jazz continues to effect my research in uniting quantum physics with space-time and quantum gravity.
It all started from a conversation I had with a jazz legend, which has since grown into a collaboration and a new theory. One autumn day
