The Age of Electroacoustics: Transforming Science and Sound

by Roland Wittje

The transformation of acoustics into electro-acoustics, a field at the intersection of science and technology, guided by electrical engineering, industry, and the military.

At the end of the nineteenth century, acoustics was a science of musical sounds; the musically trained ear was the ultimate reference. Just a few decades into the twentieth century, acoustics had undergone a transformation from a scientific field based on the understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026203526X
• ISBN13: 9780262035262
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher