Quantum physics + Astrophysics + Creation + Macrocosms + Wormholes + Light
Bono
In no particular order: Beatles, Sly and the Family Stone, Bob Dylan, Bjork, Godspeed You Black Emporer, Miles Davis, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Medeski Martin & Wood, Sigur Ros, The Coup, Flaming Lips, Ween, Dr Octagon, G Love and the Special Sauce, Outkast, Belle & Sebastian, David Bowie, Otis Redding, Beck, Radiohead, Dave Brubeck, Mozart, Beethoven, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Neil Young, Sam Cook, Buddy Holly, Brahms, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Curtis Mayfield, REM, PJ Harvey, and anything else that I help insire.
The Universe in a Nutshell + The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory + The Great Beyond + A Brief History of Time + Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy