The Essay: Music: The First Theory of Everything

Science writer Dr Stuart Clark traces the origins of the music of the spheres. From a blacksmith's shop in Italy, to the universal harmony sung by the universe - where the planets all revolve around the Earth. The music of the spheres was the first theory of life, the universe and everything. But is it really so different, or far-fetched, to today's theory that the universe is made up of tiny wiggling bits of string?