Sonic Skills: Listening for Knowledge in Science, Medicine and Engineering (1920s-Present)

by Karin Bijsterveld

Book Overview

It is common for us today to associate the practice of science primarily with the act of seeing-with staring at computer screens, analyzing graphs, and presenting images. We may notice that physicians use stethoscopes to listen for disease, that biologists tune into sound recordings to understand birds, or that engineers have created Geiger tellers warning us for radiation through sound. But in the sciences overall, we think, seeing is believing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113759831X
• ISBN13: 9781137598318
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"