Everybody Hertz

The Amazing World of Frequency, from Bad Vibes to Good Vibrations

Richard Mainwaring

• Editore: Profile Books
• Anno: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781782837169
• Argomento: Physical Sciences
• Categoria: Physics

'Once you start reading this utterly fascinating book it is nigh impossible to put it down... This is a gem' Dame Evelyn Glennie Vic Tandy was a level-headed scientist, but there was no denying it: at this late hour in his lonely lab at Coventry University, he kept seeing a grey apparition out of the corner of his eye. Bathed in a cold sweat, his heart pounding in his chest, he questioned his own rational mind - could this really be a supernatural encounter? What on Earth could be sending such an eerie shudder through his body?Strange frequencies are all around us - in fact, there may be no limit to the marvellous power of vibration. So catch a wave with musical adventurer Richard Mainwaring and take a wild ride across the keys of his infinite piano. Along the way, you'll join the quest for the world's loneliest whale, whose tragically out-of-tune song has haunted oceanographers for decades. You'll discover what strange melodies are hidden in rats' whiskers and rainbows. And you'll find out how vibrations good and bad govern more or less everything around you.

Indice dei contenuti

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• The Key
• A♭ – Prelude
• A – Black Hole at the End of My Piano
• B♭ – Pitch Perfect
• B – Bridges over Troubled Waters
• C – Ghost Notes
• D♭ – Fix in the Mix
• D – Only the Lonely
• E♭ – Mind the Gap: (between the Brain and the Waveform)
• E – Somewhere over the Rainbow
• F – Acoustic Ammunition
• G♭ (F♯) – Sleight of Ear
• G – High Times
• Sources
• Musical Frequency Table
• Acknowledgements