Cross-media recommendations across film, TV, games, books & music — picked by taste.
Origin of Symmetry is the second studio album by Muse, released on 18 June 2001 through Taste Media and produced by John Leckie and David Bottrill. Listeners drawn to its charged mix of rock energy and structural ambition tend to seek out work that lives in similar tension: films about underground scenes and outsized personalities, books that trace pattern and order beneath the surface of the world, and biographies of bands who built something that outlasted the moment.
Origin of Symmetry is the second studio album by the English rock band Muse, released on 18 June 2001 through Taste Media. It was produced by John Leckie, who produced Muse's debut album, Showbiz (1999), and David Bottrill.
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Film
Body Rock
A disco owner lures a New York breakdancer away from his dancing crew and into a different world.
Film
The Doors
The story of the influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer Jim Morrison.
Film
Leto
Leningrad's early-80s underground rock scene, sustained by smuggled Lou Reed and Bowie records, on the edge of Perestroika.
Book
Origins
Cross-disciplinary science writing explaining the universe's origins through geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology.
Book
Finding Moonshine
Marcus du Sautoy journeys from pyramids to particles tracing symmetry as a concept across art, science, and nature.
Book
Molecular symmetry and group theory
An accessible introduction to symmetry arguments and group theory for understanding problems in chemistry.
Book
What Is Symmetry in Nature? (Looking at Nature)
An educational look at how symmetry appears in nature, exploring its effects on living things.
Book
Saucerful of secrets
Biography of a British progressive and psychedelic rock band.
Leto captures a raw underground rock scene in early-1980s Leningrad — smuggled records, creative intensity, and a world on the cusp of change. The Doors follows the famous 1960s band and Jim Morrison through their rise and chaos.
Saucerful of Secrets is a biography of a British progressive and psychedelic rock band. If the album's title sparks curiosity, Finding Moonshine by Marcus du Sautoy explores symmetry as a concept spanning art, science, and nature.
It is the second studio album by Muse, released on 18 June 2001 through Taste Media. It was produced by John Leckie — who also produced Muse's debut Showbiz — and David Bottrill.