Nondissipative Sounds And The Impossible Inaudible
The human ear is an amazingly sensitive device since it “can detect movements of the eardrum about one hundred times smaller than the diameter of a hydrogen atom”. Despite this sensitivity, however, even the subatomic ear cannot hear certain sounds.
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The development of phonography and other auditive technologies generated the desire for and promise of panaurality for all - the ability to comprehend the ubiquity of all sounds, including the most tenaciously inaudible, and to prevent them from dissipating.
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Kahn, Douglas (2001), Noise, WAter, Meat - A History of Sound in the Arts, Cambridge, The MIT Press.
(Source: irimun.com)
Nondissipative Sounds And The Impossible Inaudible
The human ear is an amazingly sensitive device since it “can detect movements of the eardrum about one hundred times smaller than the diameter of a hydrogen atom”. Despite this sensitivity, however, even the subatomic ear cannot hear certain sounds.
…
The development of phonography and other auditive technologies generated the desire for and promise of panaurality for all - the ability to comprehend the ubiquity of all sounds, including the most tenaciously inaudible, and to prevent them from dissipating.
…
Kahn, Douglas (2001), Noise, WAter, Meat - A History of Sound in the Arts, Cambridge, The MIT Press.
(Source: irimun.com)
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