What the Ear Hears (and Doesn't): Inside the Extraordinary Everyday World of Frequency
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- Author：Richard Mainwaring
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Summary
For readers of Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill O'Neill， What the Ear Hears （and Doesn't） is a fascinating science book for adults that explores the physics principle of frequency and the （sometimes weird） role it plays in our everyday lives。
What do the world's loneliest whale， a black hole， and twenty-three people doing Tae Bo all have in common？
In 2011， a skyscraper in South Korea began to shake uncontrollably without warning and was immediately evacuated。 Was it an earthquake？ An attack？ No one seemed quite sure。 The actual cause emerged later and is utterly fascinating: Twenty-three middle-aged folks were having a Tae Bo fitness class in the office gym on the twelfth floor。 Their beats had inadvertently matched the building's natural frequency， and this coincidence―harnessing a basic principle of physics―caused the building to shake at an alarming rate for ten minutes。 Frequency is all around us， but little understood。
Musician， composer， TV presenter， and educator Richard Mainwaring uses the concept of the Infinite Piano to reveal the extraordinary world of frequency in a multitude of arenas―from medicine to religion to the environment to the paranormal―through the universality of music and a range of memorable human （and animal） stories laced with dry humor。 Whether you're science curious， musically inclined， or just want to know what a Szechuan pepper has to do with physics， What the Ear Hears （and Doesn't） is an immensely enjoyable read filled with did you know？ trivia you'll love to share with friends。
What do the world's loneliest whale， a black hole， and twenty-three people doing Tae Bo all have in common？
In 2011， a skyscraper in South Korea began to shake uncontrollably without warning and was immediately evacuated。 Was it an earthquake？ An attack？ No one seemed quite sure。 The actual cause emerged later and is utterly fascinating: Twenty-three middle-aged folks were having a Tae Bo fitness class in the office gym on the twelfth floor。 Their beats had inadvertently matched the building's natural frequency， and this coincidence―harnessing a basic principle of physics―caused the building to shake at an alarming rate for ten minutes。 Frequency is all around us， but little understood。
Musician， composer， TV presenter， and educator Richard Mainwaring uses the concept of the Infinite Piano to reveal the extraordinary world of frequency in a multitude of arenas―from medicine to religion to the environment to the paranormal―through the universality of music and a range of memorable human （and animal） stories laced with dry humor。 Whether you're science curious， musically inclined， or just want to know what a Szechuan pepper has to do with physics， What the Ear Hears （and Doesn't） is an immensely enjoyable read filled with did you know？ trivia you'll love to share with friends。
Reviews
Andrea Wenger
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This book focuses on frequency—its effects on human hearing， as well as a variety of unexpected phenomena。 I wasn't sure what to expect from a book on such a specific subject。 It turned out to be fascinating and highly entertaining。 It's informative and easy for laypeople to understand。Thanks， NetGalley， for the ARC I received。 This is my honest and voluntary review。 This book focuses on frequency—its effects on human hearing， as well as a variety of unexpected phenomena。 I wasn't sure what to expect from a book on such a specific subject。 It turned out to be fascinating and highly entertaining。 It's informative and easy for laypeople to understand。Thanks， NetGalley， for the ARC I received。 This is my honest and voluntary review。 。。。more
CatReader
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A fascinating， albeit all-over-the place， read。 Mainwaring broadly discusses concepts related to the concept of frequency， never spending so long on an example to bore the reader， but perhaps jumping around chasing tangents so often to make the reader's head spin （for Jungians among us， this book is extraverted intuition in the wild）。 As a non-musician （and apparently also a music listener with a limited knowledge of Mainwaring's musical reference library）， I struggled to understand the frequenc A fascinating， albeit all-over-the place， read。 Mainwaring broadly discusses concepts related to the concept of frequency， never spending so long on an example to bore the reader， but perhaps jumping around chasing tangents so often to make the reader's head spin （for Jungians among us， this book is extraverted intuition in the wild）。 As a non-musician （and apparently also a music listener with a limited knowledge of Mainwaring's musical reference library）， I struggled to understand the frequency references Mainwaring often made to various songs。 I also struggled with the organization of the book into chapters titled "A Flat"， "A"， "B Flat" and so on -- since the chapter titles seemed to bear little connection （at least to me） with all the concepts therein discussed。 So for organization and approach， I'd give two stars， but I'm giving an extra star because of how fascinating a lot of the examples were （resonant and dissonant frequencies causing building evacuations， the frequency and vibrations of household objects we never think about， etc。）。Here are some supplemental reads that might help flesh out some of the concepts briefly discussed in this book:An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong -- basically a textbook into animal senses， which Mainwaring discusses tangentiallyThis Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas -- kind of what I expected this book to be -- identifying patterns and qualities in music that resonate （pun semi-intended） with different listernersThis is the Voice by John Colapinto - a deep-dive into the human voice 。。。more
Pablo
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