sift show

Summary: What is sound? We'll define it physically and through our experience. Interesting descriptions abound as we learn why a piano sound is different than a violin sound alongside a small description of human echolocation. This is the first installment of our series about the information found in sound. Voices: Asif Ghazanfar - Princeton Univ. Bernie Krause - Soundscape artist Shihab Shamma - Univ. of Maryland Avery Wang - Shazam Entertainment Barry Gragg - Dwight School Robert Remez - Barnard and Columbia Univ. Andrew Bass - Cornell Univ. Don Hodges - Univ. of North Carolina Mark Randell - Univ. of Derby Michael Goldstein - Cornell Univ. Uri Hasson - Princeton Univ. Karen Froud - Columbia Univ.