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Andrew May is a former scientist with an MA from Cambridge University and a PhD in Astrophysics from Manchester University. After a thirty year career spanning the academic, government and private sectors, he has now settled in the South-West of England where he works as a freelance writer and consultant on subjects as diverse as defence technology, history, physics, Forteana and New Age beliefs.

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Algorithmic music revisited

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It was around seven years ago that I started to get interested in “algorithmic composition” – i.e. using rule-based computer algorithms to create music. I’m not talking about AI here, which involves gigantic, data-intensive programs that absorb millions of human-created musical works and use them to work out the compositional rules for themselves. As I’ve w

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	Astrobiology: The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe 3.91 avg rating — 313 ratings — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Destination Mars: The Story of Our Quest to Conquer the Red Planet 4.04 avg rating — 168 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Space Business: From Hotels in Orbit to Mining the Moon – How Private Enterprise is Transforming Space 3.83 avg rating — 75 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cosmic Impact: Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets 3.90 avg rating — 72 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fake Physics: Spoofs, Hoaxes and Fictitious Science 3.35 avg rating — 57 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Science of Music: How Technology has Shaped the Evolution of an Artform 3.52 avg rating — 42 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rockets and Ray Guns: The Sci-Fi Science of the Cold War 3.63 avg rating — 24 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eyes in the Sky: Space Telescopes from Hubble to Webb by Andrew May (Goodreads Author), Brian Clegg (Goodreads Author) (editor) 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pseudoscience and Science Fiction 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conspiracy History: A History of the World for Conspiracy Theorists by Andrew May (Goodreads Author), Nick Redfern (Preface) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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