Listening to the world: Sounds and the environment

Tuesday 14 February 2012, 7.00PM

Speaker: Dr David Chesmore, Department of Electronics

The Science of Sound lecture series

We are continuously surrounded by sounds which can effect our mood; they make us happy when we hear birds, irritated by loud music, nostalgic or even sad. This lecture will explore the world of sounds from birds and insects, through singing fish to anthropogenic (man made) sounds and their effects on humans and animals. It will cover ways of measuring sounds in /soundscapes/, particularly the development of automated methods for identifying sounds. The lecture will be full of interesting and unusual sounds.

The Science of Sound lectures glimpse into the fascinating world of sound: the discoveries of Pythagoras and the basis of music, how the sounds around us affect our mood, how our hearing system can be tricked and finally we explore what we want from recordings of music and whether we get it.

Other lectures in this series:

• Music and Physics
• Sounds which can't be heard: The hidden secrets of an MP3 player
• Perfect sound forever? Recording and recreating sound
  

Location: Room P/L001, Physics

Admission: Admission is free and open to all

Telephone: 01904 324466