Does a language exist that can describe the complexity of reality? Physicists seek it in string theory, mathematicians in fractals, biologists in DNA. Louis Siciliano, a composer, has sought it in sound.
The result of thirty years of research is MUMEx - Musical Multiverse Exploration: a system that unifies music theory, fractal geometry, quantum physics, and computational models into a single operational framework.
"Life is a mystery," writes Renzo Cresti in the preface. "Yet there is a harmonic law that governs everything occurring in the Universe, a key uncovered by quantum physics that allows us to perceive a fractal Cosmos, where all things are interconnected as if in a musical architecture."
MUMEx translates this insight into practice. It is an open system, applicable to musical composition, sound synthesis, the design of algorithms for artificial intelligence, and the modeling of complex systems.
"As if music," observes Claudio Strinati in the afterword, "were the very DNA of the fractal Cosmos."