Transforming Noise: A History of Its Science and Technology from Disturbing Sounds to Informational Errors, 1900-1955

Author:   Chen-Pang Yeang (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto, Canada)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198887768


Pages:   496
Publication Date:   30 October 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Chen-Pang Yeang (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto, Canada)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 30.00cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.978kg
ISBN:  

9780198887768


ISBN 10:   0198887760
Pages:   496
Publication Date:   30 October 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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An important contribution to the history of science and technology in the first half of the twentieth century. * Gisela Mateos, UNAM, Mexico City * Unquestionably of the highest quality, original and innovative. * Helge Kragh, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen *


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Professor Chen-Pang Yeang is a historian of science and technology. His areas of research and teaching include physics, electrical engineering, computing, sound technology, information science and technology, and linguistics in the 20th and 21st centuries in North America, Western Europe, and East Asia. He is working on three research projects: the discovery of electric waves and their establishment as a scientific effect in 1887-1900, grassroots innovations of digital technologies in China, Taiwan, and the US; and the soundscape of Republican China.

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