Article ID: CBB631482317

Concepts and Significance of Noise in Acoustics: Before and after the Great War (2015)

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Historians of science, technology and medicine have looked at noise in the interwar period in the context of the anti-noise movement, public hygiene and the modern city. I offer a different view, drawing upon distinctions in German between “Lärm,” “Geräusch,” and “Rauschen,” which all translate into “noise” in English. I argue that at least three historical developments altered the concept and significance of noise within science: the deployment of acoustics and acousticians in the Great War, the rise of electroacoustics and media technologies such as telephony and radio broadcasting, and the emergence of comparative musicology.

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Authors & Contributors
Wilson, Preston S.
Dolder, Craig N.
Bromberg, Joan Lisa
Eleonora Montuschi
Kuperman, William A.
Thompson, Emily
Concepts
Sound
Acoustics
Noise and noise abatement
Technology
Physics
Sound studies
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
18th century
Places
United States
New York City (New York, U.S.)
New York (U.S.)
Institutions
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
Bell Telephone Laboratories
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