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Finally, an Algorithm to Sort Your Beatles Albums

Science Quickly

Scientific American

Science

4.2 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2014

⏱️ 3 minutes

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By analyzing the evolving structure of the Beatles’ music, the computer program was able to correctly place the Fab Four’s albums in chronological order. Karen Hopkin reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Understanding the human body is a team effort. That's where the Yachtel group comes in.

0:05.8

Researchers at Yachtolt have been delving into the secrets of probiotics for 90 years.

0:11.0

Yacold also partners with nature portfolio to advance gut microbiome science through the global grants for gut health, an investigator-led research program.

0:19.6

To learn more about Yachtolt, visit yawcult.co.

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.jp. That's Y-A-K-U-L-T.C-O.J-P. When it comes to a guide for your gut, count on Yacolt.

0:34.4

This is Scientific Americans' 60 Second Science.

0:39.7

I'm Karen Hopkins. This will just take a minute.

0:43.6

If you're a fan of the Beatles, you no doubt know that... ...came before...

0:47.1

But what about...

0:50.5

...or...

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...or...

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...or... ...or... ...or... ...or... What about... Or... Yellow Sunmarine...

0:55.0

Or...

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I am the walrus

0:58.0

You may not know which came first, but researchers from Lawrence Technological University in Michigan

1:03.6

created an algorithm that does.

1:06.0

By analyzing the evolving structure of the Beatles music, the computer program was able to

1:10.6

correctly place the FAB4's albums in chronological order. That work is in the evolving structure of the Beatles music, the computer program was able to correctly

1:11.0

place the Fab Four's albums in chronological order. That work is in the journal Pattern

1:15.6

Recognition Letters. The researchers initially produced the algorithm to catalog whale songs.

1:22.0

And they figured what worked for killer whales should also work for the lads from Liverpool.

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The program converts audio data into a

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