It's math set to music!

May 23, 2007 8:05 PM

The Klein Four is a group of math students at the Northwestern University who delight in bringing you various lovely, well-sung A Capella songs infused with their very own and very nerdy flavour. They're not the newest of the web, having released their first CD in 2005, but witty lyrics and five-part harmonizing are definitely worth checking out. I did do a search for this and didn't find anything. Please don't kill me.
posted by Phire (14 comments total)

As opposed to the non-nerdy a capella.
posted by smackfu at 8:10 PM on May 23, 2007 [1 favorite]

This is the mystery of the quotient...
posted by Tube at 8:14 PM on May 23, 2007

Nerd squared!
posted by Artw at 8:21 PM on May 23, 2007

Seems like a fine bunch of spirited lads.
posted by Dizzy at 8:29 PM on May 23, 2007

I might be missing something, but that sure looked and sounded like four-part harmony to me. Although I would be very in favor of a group called the Something-or-Other Four who do sing five parts.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 8:30 PM on May 23, 2007

Pater, please don't mock the virgins.
posted by Dizzy at 8:40 PM on May 23, 2007

Hey, if anyone can make group theory entertaining, it's math students.

This rules & makes me sorta jealous.
posted by grobstein at 8:43 PM on May 23, 2007

Klein four group.
posted by rodii at 8:46 PM on May 23, 2007

The YouTube link is a double.
posted by jonson at 8:58 PM on May 23, 2007

I... don't know how I missed that. *is blind* Sorry! ><
posted by Phire at 9:10 PM on May 23, 2007

tom lehrer: on mathematics; also, a silly video for "the new math". youtube links
posted by pxe2000 at 7:27 AM on May 24, 2007

Should I listen? One of the primary reasons I'm glad my college career is behind me is that I am now very rarely exposed to the music of witty a cappella groups.
posted by Miko at 7:55 AM on May 24, 2007

Great post! No need to appologize.
posted by ObscureReferenceMan at 9:07 AM on May 24, 2007

More of this sort of thing.
posted by dmd at 3:33 PM on May 25, 2007