Article ID: CBB001320912

A Short History of Bad Acoustics (2006)

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Every branch of science attracts its share of cranks and pseudoscientists, and acoustics has been no exception. A brief survey of those who touched on acoustics is given with quotations from the more interesting or egregious examples. A contrast is drawn between the nineteenth century contrarian's quarrel with particular theories and the modern new age wholesale rejection of theory. This world-view is traced back to the later scientific writings of Goethe. Examples of pseudoscience applied to biomedical acoustics, architectural acoustics, and audio reproduction are given.

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Authors & Contributors
Pantalony, David Alexander
Kursell, Julia
Jackson, Myles W.
Davies, James Q.
Lockhart, Ellen
Patteson, Thomas
Concepts
Acoustics
Science and music
Music
Music theory
Sound
Sound reproduction
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century, late
17th century
Places
England
United States
Italy
London (England)
Germany
France
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