The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World
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“Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”
“Canvasser’s Tale, The” (Twain)
Capitol, US
Carlyle, Angus
cars
Castlefield Wharf
casuarina
cat
“Cataract of Lodore, The” (Southey)
Cathedral of Girgenti
cathedrals
reverberation time of
cat piano
Catskill Mountains
caves
coloration in
see also specific caves
Caviezel, Mike
Cempoala
centipede
Central America
centrum phonocampticum
cerebrum
chaffinches
chalkboard, fingernails on
chamber music
champagne flutes
chancel
change ringing
Chanson, Hubert
Charles River
Château de Chinon
Chicago, Ill.
Chichén Itzá
chiffchaffs
chiming
China
chirping
of ice
Christ the Redeemer statue
chronic shipping noise
churches, acoustics of
Churchill, Chester Lindsay
Churchill, Winston
Church of All Saints
CIA
cicadas
CitySpire Center
clapping
architectural acoustics and
in dome
and echo from stairs
in echo tube
reflection of
clarinet
clicking
Clintonville, Wis.
cloak of inaudibility
Clonmacnoise
cochlea
cockneys
coffers
Coit Tower
Colorado
coloration
computer models
computers
concert halls
reverberation in
conch shells
Congo rainforest
conifer forests
consonance
Coronation Street
cortisol
Costa Rica
Court of 3 Stars
Craine, Debra
Crawford, Frank
Cremer, Lother
crickets
crime, music as deterrent to
Cromarty Firth
Crow, Francis
crowds
crystals
Cuban vine
culvert whistler
Curtin, Liam
curved surfaces
curved walls
Curzon, Marquess
Cusack, Peter
Cutting Edge, The
Czechoslovakia
Czerski, Helen
“Da Doo Ron Ron,”
Dagois-Bohy, Simon
Daisy (duck)
Dan Harpole Cistern
Darwin, Charles
Daubenton’s bats
Dauvois, Michel
Davies, Bill
Davison, Charles
dead room
decibel, as relative to reference pressure
Deenen, Charles
Dempster, Stuart
Denison, Edmund
Derryberry, Elizabeth
Descartes, René
Dettifoss waterfall
Devereux, Paul
devil digging
Devil’s Mountain
didgeridoo
diesel trains
diffusers
Dionysius
dissonance
distance
distractions
Dolce Vita, La
dolphins
domes
of Capitol
clapping in
Teufelsberg
Dominic, Saint
Donizetti, Gaetano
dopamine
Doppler effect
Dordogne River
Douady, Stéphane
Drever, John
duck calls, echoes from
Dumont Dunes
Dunbar, Robin
Duncan (tour guide)
Dundee, Scotland
ear canal
ear cleaning
eardrum
Ear of Dionysius
ears
inner
middle
muscle contractions in
sensitive to middle frequencies
sluggishness of
earthquakes
eastern whipbird
East Germany
echo(es)
of bats
at Brixton Academy
of Capitol
by clicking
of duck calls
early writers on
from elliptical ceilings
in Gol Gumbaz
heterophonic
humor of
monosyllabic
mysteries of
polysyllabic
reverberation vs.
in Royal Albert Hall
safety and
slapback
on staircases
tautological
in tunnels
Echo Bridge
echolocation
in sailing
echo tube
El Bramador
El Castillo
Electronic Arts
electronic cars
Elements of Physics (Arnott)
elliptical ceilings
Encylopaedia Britannica
engineers
England:
Lake District of
most tranquil spot in
English language
Eno, Brian
Epidaurus theater
Eurasian tectonic plate
European Union, noise in
Euston Road
evergreens
evolution
explosions
Facebook
Favourite Sound Project
Fazenda, Bruno
Fégeant, Olivier
Fellini, Federico
Festival of Britain
fiberglass
Fieux à Miers
fighter pilots
Finer, Jem
Fingal’s sea cave
fingernails, on chalkboard
Finland
Firth of Tay
fish
Florence
flotation tank
flutes
flutter echo
focal points
focusing, in Mapparium
Fogg Museum
Font-de-Gaume
forests
Fort Worden, Wash.
Fort Worden State Park
4’33” (Cage)
foxes
France
Francis, Saint
Frankenstein
Franklin, Benjamin
French horn
French Revolution
frequency
and distance of sound
fundamental
middle
reflection speed and
Fresnel, Augustin-Jean
Fritz, Thomas
frogs
Full Monty, The
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner
fundamental frequency
Galbrun, Laurent
galloping
gamelan
Garan, Ron
gardens
gas jets
Gastown steam clock
Gateshead
Gedemer, Tim
geese
Geissenklösterle, Germany
Gem River
Germany
geysers
Gibbs, Tony
giggling
Glasgow
Glass, Philip
glass, turbulence and
Glastonbury
Glennie Evelyn
Gol Gumb
az
Gormley, Antony
gossip
Grand Banks
Grand Central Terminal
grand piano
Grant, Campbell
gravity
Great Barrier Reef
Great Britain
Great Exhibition of 1851
Great Fire of London
Great Gallery
Great Geysir
Great Hall
Great Pitt Echo
Great Red Spot
Great Sphinx
Great Stalacpipe Organ
great tits
Great Yarmouth
Greeks
Greek theaters
“Green Ears,”
Greenwich foot tunnel
groundwater
Guácharo Cave
Guardian
Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao)
Guinness Book of World Records
gulls
gunshots
Gustavino, Rafael
Hallé orchestra
Halmrast, Tor
Hama, Syria
Hamilton Mausoleum
measurements at
Handel, George Frideric
harbor seals
Hardy, Thomas
Harmonic Fields
harmonics
Harrison, Beatrice
Hartmann, William
Harvard University
Hasenkamp, Wendy
Haydn, Joseph
headphones
hearing:
as constant
damage to
danger and
evolution of
range of
visual dominance and neglect of
“Heartbreak Hotel,”
Hebrides
Hebrides, The (Mendelssohn)
helium
Hempton, Gordon
Henry II, King of England
Her Blood (Kapoor)
herons
herring gulls
hertz
Hertz, Heinrich
heterophonic echo
Hieroglyphic Canyon
high heels
high-tide organ
Hitchcock, Alfred
Hockney, David
Hohokam people
Hoh Rainforest
Holderied, Marc
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Park
Hope, Diane
horses
Horseshoe Canyon
Hound of the Baskervilles, The (Doyle)
House of Representatives, US
Howells, William Dean
Hughes, Thomas
Humboldt, Alexander von
humming
Hunt, Fredrick Vinton
Hunt, Melany
Hunter, Michael
Huygens
Hverir
hydrogen sulfide
hydrophones
Iannace, Gino
ice
chirping sound of
Iceland,
ice xylophone
icosidodecahedron
Imam Mosque
Importance of Being Earnest, The (Wilde)
Inchindown
Indian Hill
Indian Ocean
Industrial Revolution
infrasound
inner ear
Innocents Abroad, The (Twain)
instruments, primitive
interference
International Space Station
Internet videos
Invergordon
iPhones
Iran
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Irish Sea
Isle of Dogs
Isungset, Terje
ivory
jackhammers
Jaffe, Chris
Jahn, Robert
Japan
jazz
Jeita Grotto
Jerram, Luke
Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats
Jian Kang
Jodrell Bank Observatory
John (bell ringer)
Jökulsá á Fjöllum
Jökulsárlón lagoon
Jolene (earthquake witness)
Jolson, Al
Jones, Arthur Taber
Jordania, Joseph
Journal of Civilization
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Journey to the Centre of the Earth, A (Verne)
Julius Caesar
Jupiter
Juster, Norton
Kang, Jian
Kapoor, Anish
Katharagama
Katz, Brian
Katzenklavier
Kelso Dunes
Kennedy, John F.
Keswick Museum and Art Gallery
Kielder Forest
Kilpatrick, Allan
King’s Cross
King Seongdeok Divine Bell
Kington, Miles
Kircher, Athanasius
Kirklees Valley
Kish, Daniel
Knight, Chris
Königssee, Lake
kookaburras
Korea
Krakatoa
Kresge Auditorium
Kubrick, Stanley
Kukulkan
Kupgal Hill
L’Abri du Cap Blanc
Lake Baikal
Lake Königssee
Lake Seneca
Lake Vyrnwy
Lancaster, Calif.
Lancaster bombers
Lascaux, caves at
Latin
Laughing Water Dashes Through, The (Lee)
Lauterbach, Iris
Lebanon
Led Zeppelin
Leighton, Tim
Lepage, Auguste
leprosy
Leyland cypress
light:
interference with
monochrome
speed of
spreading out in prism of
lightning
limestone
Lincoln Center
lithophone
living room
Livingstone, David
Llandegla Forest
Llinares, Jaime
Loch Ness
Lodore Falls
London
Great Fire of
Greenwich foot tunnel in
London Underground
Lovell Telescope
Lubman, Brenda
Lubman, David
Lucretius
lullabies
Luna
Lundmark, Gunnar
Luray Caverns
lyrebird
MacLean, Katherine
Madagascar moon moth
Mafa people
Magicicada cassini
Magicicada septendecim
magma
magpies
Maitland, Sara
major seventh
Manchester
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester Central Library
Manchester United
Mandara mountain range
Manilow, Barry
Manilow method
Mapparium
focusing
marble
Marcgravia evenia
“March of the Swiss Soldiers,”
Mars
Marsh, Katherine
Marshall, Barry
Mary Baker Eddy Library
Maryhill monument
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Matter of Time, The (Serra)
Matthews, Henry
Mayans
McCaul, Danny
McTaggart, Bill
MediaCityUK
meditation
melodies
Mendelssohn, Fanny
Mendelssohn, Felix
Menik Ganga
Mennill, Daniel
Mersenne, Marin
Meseguer, Francisco
Mexico
Micronecta scholtzi
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
middle C
middle ear
/> middle frequencies
mindfulness
Mingsha Sand Dunes
Mingus, Charles
mistpouffers
mobile phone ringtones
Mojave Desert
Mojave River
monochrome light
monosyllabic echo
Montgomery, Will
Mont Saint-Michel
Moore, W. Usborne
Moray Firth
mosques:
Imam
Süleymaniye
tiles of
Moss, Kate
motherese
moths
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
mud pools
mud pots
Muir, John
Murphy, Damian
Musée des Arts et Métiers
mushrooms
music
baroque
chamber
as crime deterrent
enhanced by reverberation
evolutionary explanations of
minimalist
romantic
silence in
musical road
musical scales
Musurgia Universalis (Kircher)
National Museum of the American Indian
National Park Service, US
National Theatre
Native Americans
Natural Resources Defense Council
natural sounds
see also specific sounds
nature
Nature
naval sonar
nave
Navy, US
Neolithic burial mound
Neolithic rock art
Nettinga, Myron
neural pathways
New England Aquarium
New Scientist
Newton, Isaac
Newton Upper Falls, Mass.
New York, N.Y.
New York Police Department
New York Times
New Zealand
Niagara
Niesen
nightingales
Night Tourist, The (Marsh)
Nissan
noctule bat
noise complaints
Norham Castle (ship)
North American tectonic plate
North Atlantic
North Sea
Northumberland National Park
Norton, Charles Eliot
Nova Scotia
numerical optimization
nuthatches
oaks
oceans
octave
oil
oilbirds
Old Trafford soccer stadium
Olympia National Park
onomatopeia
open-plan schools
Orfield Laboratories
organ
Órgano (Sempere)
Organ of Corti (Crow and Prior)
high-tide
Origins in Acoustics (Hunt)
Orontes River
outdoor concerts
overtones
Oyster Bar & Restaurant
Pacific Ocean
palatal click
Panama
Paris
Parker, Charlie
Parkin, Peter
Parkinson’s disease
Parliament, British
Pask, James
Patrick, Saint
Patterson, Lee
Paul (bell ringer)
“Peg o’ My Heart,”
pélog scale
Pennines
perceived pitch
periodic cicada
Perry, Bob
Peru
Phantom Tollbooth, The (Juster)
Philharmonic Hall (New York),
Phonurgia Nova
physical volume
pinball machines
pine trees
Pinker, Steven
pink nose
Pinter, Harold