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November 16, 2012

Why the Big Bang Was Actually Silent

Maria Popova, Brain Pickings


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Questions of what sound is, why its digitization is a dangerous thing, and how it bleeds into other senses have long fascinated thinkers and listeners alike. In Discord: The Story of Noise (public library) from Oxford University Press, sound scholar Mike...

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TAGGED: Universe, sound, Big Bang

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