| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 502 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part One. Noise and Ways to Reduce it. 1. Noise and signals introduced ; 2. Producing acoustic signals in noise ; 3. Receiving acoustic signals in noise ; 4. Transmission of acoustic signals ; 5. Adaptations to noise in different environments ; 6. Reducing noise, enhancing performance -- Part Two. Evolution of Signalers and Receivers. 7. Signals, receivers, and evolution ; 8. Optimal receivers and signalers ; 9. Payoffs for participants ; 10. Joint optima for signalers and receivers ; 11. Evaluation and extension of the model -- Part Three. Altered Perspectives. 12. Honesty in communication ; 13. Sexual selection as communication ; 14. Cooperation by communication ; 15. Complex societies ; 16. Molecular signals -- Part Four. Far Horizons. 17. Human communication ; 18. Truth in language ; 19. Subjectivity ; 20. Verification -- Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Auditory adaptation.
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Auditory adaptation. |
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Noise.
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Noise. |
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Hearing -- Physiological aspects.
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Hearing -- Physiological aspects. |
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Auditory perception.
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Auditory perception. |
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Hearing levels.
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Hearing levels. |
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Auditory Perception -- physiology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wiley, R. Haven. Noise matters. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015] 9780674744127 (DLC) 2014042000 (OCoLC)893709521 |
| ISBN |
9780674287044 electronic book |
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0674287045 electronic book |
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9780674744127 |
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0674744128 |
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