Scott A. Yost

The place I've spent the most time (12 years) was the University of Tennessee, and my UT physics home page is archived here. I have a collection of Smoky Mountain Pictures which I put together, originally for the U.T. Canoe and Hiking Club, the largest sports club at UT Knoxville, for which I was faculty advisor.

My hobbies include many outdoor activities, such as hiking and kayaking, as well as travelling to interesting parts of the world. See below for some web sites I put together for some of my bigger 90's trips. A few big trips are not included: a private rafting trip in the Grand Canyon (1997), mountaineering in Alaska and California (1999), my second Nepal trip (2000), and a long trip in Mexico (2001) that included an attempt at mountain biking in the mountains around Oaxaca, among others.

I also like many kinds of music, especially the more experimental forms of jazz and modern classical music. I have been experimenting with making music on the computer, and other ways. Some examples of my music are on this site. I've been hearing a lot of good music in New York recently. The Stone has become a favorite place to see new music. My favorite composer LaMonte Young, who I met briefly at a reception. I consider his The Well Tuned Piano to be the pinnacle of music to date. Based on carefully developed tunings and the harmonic series, it is a perfect blend of physics and musical aesthetics. I am also strongly attracted to the works of John Cage, whose compositions play a role in modern music that might be compared role of quantum mechanics in modern physics. (You can see a classic performance of his best-known composition here - with comments showing it is still one of the most controversial works ever.)

I was also one of the founders of Virtual Interactive Center, a full-service Knoxville Internet solutions company, which is home to my web site. I am no longer affiliated with VIC, but it is a great company and I'm glad I played a part in getting it started.