ISBN: 9780199600687

Noise is a widely recognized problem and health concern in the modern world. Given the importance of managing noise levels and developing suitable ""soundscapes"" in contexts such as indu… Altro …

Noise is a widely recognized problem and health concern in the modern world. Given the importance of managing noise levels and developing suitable ""soundscapes"" in contexts such as industry, schools, or public spaces, this is an area of active research for acousticians. But noise, in the senseof dissonance, can also be used positively; composers have employed it from Baroque music to Rock feedback; medicine harnesses it to shatter kidney stones and treat cancer; and even the military uses it in (real and rumoured) weapons. Mike Goldsmith looks back at the long history of the battle between people and noise - a battle that has changed our lives and moulded our societies. He investigates how increasing noise levels relate to human progress, from the clatter of wheels on cobbles to the sound of heavy machinery; heexplains how our scientific understanding of sound and hearing has developed; and he looks at noise in nature, including the remarkable ways in which some animals, such as shrimps, use noise as a weapon or to catch prey. He concludes by turning to the future, discussing the noise sources which arelikely to dominate it and the ways in which new science and new ideas may change the way our future will sound. | Discord by Mike Goldsmith Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Science & Nature > Science P10117, Mike Goldsmith<

2014, ISBN: 9780199600687

Academic, Hardcover, Auflage: Illustrated, 332 Seiten, Publiziert: 2014-05-22T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: Illustrated, 0.52 kg, Verkaufsrang: 192256, Stereo & Audio Eq… Altro …

Academic, Hardcover, Auflage: Illustrated, 332 Seiten, Publiziert: 2014-05-22T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: Illustrated, 0.52 kg, Verkaufsrang: 192256, Stereo & Audio Equipment, Electronics & Communications Engineering, Engineering & Technology, Science, Nature & Maths, Subjects, Books, Applied Physics, Popular Science, Format: Illustrated, Academic, 2014<

2014, ISBN: 9780199600687

Academic, Hardcover, Auflage: Illustrated, 332 Seiten, Publiziert: 2014-05-22T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: Illustrated, 0.52 kg, Verkaufsrang: 192256, Stereo & Audio Eq… Altro …

Academic, Hardcover, Auflage: Illustrated, 332 Seiten, Publiziert: 2014-05-22T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: Illustrated, 0.52 kg, Verkaufsrang: 192256, Stereo & Audio Equipment, Electronics & Communications Engineering, Engineering & Technology, Science, Nature & Maths, Subjects, Books, Applied Physics, Popular Science, Format: Illustrated, Academic, 2014<

2012, ISBN: 9780199600687

The Story of Noise, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Oxford University Press], Oxford University Press, 2012