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Fiorella Terenzi
Italian astrophysicist, musician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fiorella Terenzi is an Italian-born astrophysicist, author and recording artist who is best known for taking recordings of radio waves from far-away galaxies and turning them into music. She received her doctorate from the University of Milan but is currently based in the United States.
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Born | 1961 or 1962 (age 61–63) Milan, Italy |
Nationality | Italian/American |
Alma mater | University of Milan, Italy (doctorate/PhD), University of California, San Diego (visiting researcher) |
Occupation(s) | Astrophysicist, professor, author, recording artist Fields: Astronomy, astrophysics, space science, planetary science, education, public outreach, innovations, music |
Organization(s) | Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA |
Known for | Acoustic astronomy, music from the galaxies, invisible universe, audiofication/sonification of celestial data, Heavenly Knowledge |
Website | http://www.fiorella.com |
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Labels | Island/PolyGram Records, Mercury records, Giant/Warner Bros. Records |
Described by Time magazine as "a cross between Carl Sagan and Madonna",[1] Dr. Terenzi has studied opera and composition at Conservatory G. Verdi, Corsi Popolari Serali and taught physics and astronomy at various U.S. colleges and universities; she is currently on the full-time faculty at Florida International University in Miami.[2][3][4] In research at the Computer Audio Research Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, she pioneered techniques to convert radio waves emanating from distant galaxies into sound,[5][6] with some of the results released by Island Records on her CD Music from the Galaxies.[7][8][9] The goal of her audiofication/sonification of celestial data is to investigate how sound could reflect chemical, dynamical and physical properties of celestial objects, which she calls "Acoustic Astronomy".[10]