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Dr. Mike Goldsmith studied the philosophy of time and space at Keele University, where he also obtained his PhD in astrophysics. He was formerly the head of Acoustics at the UK's National Physical Laboratory and is now an author of nonfiction books for children. ...more

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	Scientists and Their Mind Blowing Experiments 4.20 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inventors and Their Bright Ideas 4.07 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Be a Math Genius: Your Brilliant Brain and How to Train It 4.16 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Zero to Infinity 3.63 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2012 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sound: A Very Short Introduction 3.82 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waves: A Very Short Introduction 4.20 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eureka!: The Most Amazing Scientific Discoveries of All Time 4.10 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darwin and Other Seriously Super Scientists by Mike Goldsmith, Clive Goddard (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 45 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantastic Future 3.97 avg rating — 38 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kingfisher Space Encyclopedia 4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If one wishes to ‘see’ a travelling wave, one must therefore chart air pressure changes through time. One of the first to attempt this was Alexander Graham Bell, who in 1874 procured an ear from a corpse, impregnated it with oil to keep it flexible, and attached a thin straw to its drum. The other end of the straw was allowed to trace a line on a strip of soot-covered glass which was moved along as the ear was shouted at. This wobbly line was the first recording of a sound wave and the device was called an ear phonautograph. To the relief of those who had to construct them, later versions dispensed with dead ears in favour of metal diaphragms.”
― Mike Goldsmith, Sound: A Very Short Introduction

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“However, continuous background noise--even if it is no longer consciously heard--has a wide range of negative effects on people, from stress, tiredness, and increased irritability to reduced accuracy in task performance.”
― Mike Goldsmith, Discord: The Story of Noise

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“The deep sound channel was exploited to set up the SOFAR (sound fixing and ranging) system, which was initiated in 1960 by the Australia-Bermuda Sound Transmission Experiment, in which explosions were set off near Heard Island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Australia. They were detected in Bermuda, at a distance of 20,000 km. A new, unexpected sound was discovered by the SOFAR researchers, and later identified as the calls of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), who long ago discovered the existence and properties of the deep sound channel and regularly visit it to signal their distant kin.”
― Mike Goldsmith, Sound: A Very Short Introduction

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