The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World (43 page)

Cathedral of Girgenti

cathedrals

reverberation time of

cat piano

Catskill Mountains

caves

coloration in

see also
specific caves

Caviezel, Mike

Cempoala

centipede

Central America

centrum phonocampticum

cerebrum

chaffinches

chalkboard, fingernails on

chamber music

champagne flutes

chancel

change ringing

Chanson, Hubert

Charles River

Château de Chinon

Chicago, Ill.

Chichén Itzá

chiffchaffs

chiming

China

chirping

of ice

Christ the Redeemer statue

chronic shipping noise

churches, acoustics of

Churchill, Chester Lindsay

Churchill, Winston

Church of All Saints

CIA

cicadas

CitySpire Center

clapping

architectural acoustics and

in dome

and echo from stairs

in echo tube

reflection of

clarinet

clicking

Clintonville, Wis.

cloak of inaudibility

Clonmacnoise

cochlea

cockneys

coffers

Coit Tower

Colorado

coloration

computer models

computers

concert halls

reverberation in

conch shells

Congo rainforest

conifer forests

consonance

Coronation Street

cortisol

Costa Rica

Court of 3 Stars

Craine, Debra

Crawford, Frank

Cremer, Lother

crickets

crime, music as deterrent to

Cromarty Firth

Crow, Francis

crowds

crystals

Cuban vine

culvert whistler

Curtin, Liam

curved surfaces

curved walls

Curzon, Marquess

Cusack, Peter

Cutting Edge, The

Czechoslovakia

Czerski, Helen

 

“Da Doo Ron Ron,”

Dagois-Bohy, Simon

Daisy (duck)

Dan Harpole Cistern

Darwin, Charles

Daubenton's bats

Dauvois, Michel

Davies, Bill

Davison, Charles

dead room

decibel, as relative to reference pressure

Deenen, Charles

Dempster, Stuart

Denison, Edmund

Derryberry, Elizabeth

Descartes, René

Dettifoss waterfall

Devereux, Paul

devil digging

Devil's Mountain

didgeridoo

diesel trains

diffusers

Dionysius

dissonance

distance

distractions

Dolce Vita, La

dolphins

domes

of Capitol

clapping in

Teufelsberg

Dominic, Saint

Donizetti, Gaetano

dopamine

Doppler effect

Dordogne River

Douady, Stéphane

Drever, John

duck calls, echoes from

Dumont Dunes

Dunbar, Robin

Duncan (tour guide)

Dundee, Scotland

 

ear canal

ear cleaning

eardrum

Ear of Dionysius

ears

inner

middle

muscle contractions in

sensitive to middle frequencies

sluggishness of

earthquakes

eastern whipbird

East Germany

echo(es)

of bats

at Brixton Academy

of Capitol

by clicking

of duck calls

early writers on

from elliptical ceilings

in Gol Gumbaz

heterophonic

humor of

monosyllabic

mysteries of

polysyllabic

reverberation vs.

in Royal Albert Hall

safety and

slapback

on staircases

tautological

in tunnels

Echo Bridge

echolocation

in sailing

echo tube

El Bramador

El Castillo

Electronic Arts

electronic cars

Elements of Physics
(Arnott)

elliptical ceilings

Encylopaedia Britannica

engineers

England:

Lake District of

most tranquil spot in

English language

Eno, Brian

Epidaurus theater

Eurasian tectonic plate

European Union, noise in

Euston Road

evergreens

evolution

explosions

 

Facebook

Favourite Sound Project

Fazenda, Bruno

Fégeant, Olivier

Fellini, Federico

Festival of Britain

fiberglass

Fieux à Miers

fighter pilots

Finer, Jem

Fingal's sea cave

fingernails, on chalkboard

Finland

Firth of Tay

fish

Florence

flotation tank

flutes

flutter echo

focal points

focusing, in Mapparium

Fogg Museum

Font-de-Gaume

forests

Fort Worden, Wash.

Fort Worden State Park

4'33”
(Cage)

foxes

France

Francis, Saint

Frankenstein

Franklin, Benjamin

French horn

French Revolution

frequency

and distance of sound

fundamental

middle

reflection speed and

Fresnel, Augustin-Jean

Fritz, Thomas

frogs

Full Monty, The

functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner

fundamental frequency

Galbrun, Laurent

galloping

gamelan

Garan, Ron

gardens

gas jets

Gastown steam clock

Gateshead

Gedemer, Tim

geese

Geissenklösterle, Germany

Gem River

Germany

geysers

Gibbs, Tony

giggling

Glasgow

Glass, Philip

glass, turbulence and

Glastonbury

Glennie Evelyn

Gol Gumbaz

Gormley, Antony

gossip

Grand Banks

Grand Central Terminal

grand piano

Grant, Campbell

gravity

Great Barrier Reef

Great Britain

Great Exhibition of 1851

Great Fire of London

Great Gallery

Great Geysir

Great Hall

Great Pitt Echo

Great Red Spot

Great Sphinx

Great Stalacpipe Organ

great tits

Great Yarmouth

Greeks

Greek theaters

“Green Ears,”

Greenwich foot tunnel

groundwater

Guácharo Cave

Guardian

Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao)

Guinness Book of World Records

gulls

gunshots

Gustavino, Rafael

 

Hallé orchestra

Halmrast, Tor

Hama, Syria

Hamilton Mausoleum

measurements at

Handel, George Frideric

harbor seals

Hardy, Thomas

Harmonic Fields

harmonics

Harrison, Beatrice

Hartmann, William

Harvard University

Hasenkamp, Wendy

Haydn, Joseph

headphones

hearing:

as constant

damage to

danger and

evolution of

range of

visual dominance and neglect of

“Heartbreak Hotel,”

Hebrides

Hebrides, The
(Mendelssohn)

helium

Hempton, Gordon

Henry II, King of England

Her Blood
(Kapoor)

herons

herring gulls

hertz

Hertz, Heinrich

heterophonic echo

Hieroglyphic Canyon

high heels

high-tide organ

Hitchcock, Alfred

Hockney, David

Hohokam people

Hoh Rainforest

Holderied, Marc

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Park

Hope, Diane

horses

Horseshoe Canyon

Hound of the Baskervilles, The
(Doyle)

House of Representatives, US

Howells, William Dean

Hughes, Thomas

Humboldt, Alexander von

humming

Hunt, Fredrick Vinton

Hunt, Melany

Hunter, Michael

Huygens

Hverir

hydrogen sulfide

hydrophones

 

Iannace, Gino

ice

chirping sound of

Iceland,

ice xylophone

icosidodecahedron

Imam Mosque

Importance of Being Earnest, The
(Wilde)

Inchindown

Indian Hill

Indian Ocean

Industrial Revolution

infrasound

inner ear

Innocents Abroad, The
(Twain)

instruments, primitive

interference

International Space Station

Internet videos

Invergordon

iPhones

Iran

Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Irish Sea

Isle of Dogs

Isungset, Terje

ivory

 

jackhammers

Jaffe, Chris

Jahn, Robert

Japan

jazz

Jeita Grotto

Jerram, Luke

Jerry Murad's Harmonicats

Jian Kang

Jodrell Bank Observatory

John (bell ringer)

Jökulsá á Fjöllum

Jökulsárlón lagoon

Jolene (earthquake witness)

Jolson, Al

Jones, Arthur Taber

Jordania, Joseph

Journal of Civilization

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Journey to the Centre of the Earth, A
(Verne)

Julius Caesar

Jupiter

Juster, Norton

 

Kang, Jian

Kapoor, Anish

Katharagama

Katz, Brian

Katzenklavier

Kelso Dunes

Kennedy, John F.

Keswick Museum and Art Gallery

Kielder Forest

Kilpatrick, Allan

King's Cross

King Seongdeok Divine Bell

Kington, Miles

Kircher, Athanasius

Kirklees Valley

Kish, Daniel

Knight, Chris

Königssee, Lake

kookaburras

Korea

Krakatoa

Kresge Auditorium

Kubrick, Stanley

Kukulkan

Kupgal Hill

 

L'Abri du Cap Blanc

Lake Baikal

Lake Königssee

Lake Seneca

Lake Vyrnwy

Lancaster, Calif.

Lancaster bombers

Lascaux, caves at

Latin

Laughing Water Dashes Through, The
(Lee)

Lauterbach, Iris

Lebanon

Led Zeppelin

Leighton, Tim

Lepage, Auguste

leprosy

Leyland cypress

light:

interference with

monochrome

speed of

spreading out in prism of

lightning

limestone

Lincoln Center

lithophone

living room

Livingstone, David

Llandegla Forest

Llinares, Jaime

Loch Ness

Lodore Falls

London

Great Fire of

Greenwich foot tunnel in

London Underground

Lovell Telescope

Lubman, Brenda

Lubman, David

Lucretius

lullabies

Luna

Lundmark, Gunnar

Luray Caverns

lyrebird

 

MacLean, Katherine

Madagascar moon moth

Mafa people

Magicicada cassini

Magicicada septendecim

magma

magpies

Maitland, Sara

major seventh

Manchester

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester Central Library

Manchester United

Mandara mountain range

Manilow, Barry

Manilow method

Mapparium

focusing

marble

Marcgravia evenia

“March of the Swiss Soldiers,”

Mars

Marsh, Katherine

Marshall, Barry

Mary Baker Eddy Library

Maryhill monument

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Matter of Time, The
(Serra)

Matthews, Henry

Mayans

McCaul, Danny

McTaggart, Bill

MediaCityUK

meditation

melodies

Mendelssohn, Fanny

Mendelssohn, Felix

Menik Ganga

Mennill, Daniel

Mersenne, Marin

Meseguer, Francisco

Mexico

Micronecta scholtzi

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

middle C

middle ear

middle frequencies

mindfulness

Mingsha Sand Dunes

Mingus, Charles

mistpouffers

mobile phone ringtones

Mojave Desert

Mojave River

monochrome light

monosyllabic echo

Montgomery, Will

Mont Saint-Michel

Moore, W. Usborne

Moray Firth

mosques:

Imam

Süleymaniye

tiles of

Moss, Kate

motherese

moths

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

mud pools

mud pots

Muir, John

Murphy, Damian

Musée des Arts et Métiers

mushrooms

music

baroque

chamber

as crime deterrent

enhanced by reverberation

evolutionary explanations of

minimalist

romantic