This New Noise

Author : Charlotte Higgins
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783350735

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This New Noise by Charlotte Higgins Pdf

Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian's chief culture writer, steps behind the polished doors of Broadcasting House and investigates the BBC. Based on her hugely popular essay series, this personal journey answers the questions that rage around this vulnerable, maddening and uniquely British institution. Questions such as, what does the BBC mean to us now? What are the threats to its continued existence? Is it worth fighting for? Higgins traces its origins, celebrating the early pioneering spirit and unearthing forgotten characters whose imprint can still be seen on the BBC today. She explores how it forged ideas of Britishness both at home and abroad. She shows how controversy is in its DNA and brings us right up to date through interviews with grandees and loyalists, embattled press officers and high profile dissenters, and she sheds new light on recent feuds and scandals. This is a deeply researched, lyrically written, intriguing portrait of an institution at the heart of Britain.

Author : Alex Ross
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781429932882

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The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross Pdf

Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007 Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007 A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007 In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music, from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies up to the present. Taking readers into the labyrinth of modern style, Ross draws revelatory connections between the century's most influential composers and the wider culture. The Rest Is Noise is an astonishing history of the twentieth century as told through its music.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030101844

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Dane County Regional Airport, New Noise Abatement Runway 3-21 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Simon Lindgren
Publisher : Digital Formations
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Digital divide
ISBN : 1433119951

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New Noise by Simon Lindgren Pdf

This book is about online subcultures thriving in the border zones between pop cultural and political engagement. Combining classic theories of space, power and resistance with current case studies of digital piracy, online activism and remix culture, the book develops a cultural theory of social movements in the digital age.

Author : Daniel Kahneman,Olivier Sibony,Cass R. Sunstein
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780316451383

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Noise by Daniel Kahneman,Olivier Sibony,Cass R. Sunstein Pdf

From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the coauthor of Nudge, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones—"a tour de force” (New York Times). Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients—or that two judges in the same courthouse give markedly different sentences to people who have committed the same crime. Suppose that different interviewers at the same firm make different decisions about indistinguishable job applicants—or that when a company is handling customer complaints, the resolution depends on who happens to answer the phone. Now imagine that the same doctor, the same judge, the same interviewer, or the same customer service agent makes different decisions depending on whether it is morning or afternoon, or Monday rather than Wednesday. These are examples of noise: variability in judgments that should be identical. In Noise, Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein show the detrimental effects of noise in many fields, including medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, bail, child protection, strategy, performance reviews, and personnel selection. Wherever there is judgment, there is noise. Yet, most of the time, individuals and organizations alike are unaware of it. They neglect noise. With a few simple remedies, people can reduce both noise and bias, and so make far better decisions. Packed with original ideas, and offering the same kinds of research-based insights that made Thinking, Fast and Slow and Nudge groundbreaking New York Times bestsellers, Noise explains how and why humans are so susceptible to noise in judgment—and what we can do about it.

Author : Luc Peters
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781527556812

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On Noise! Philosophy – Art – Organization by Luc Peters Pdf

This book explores the obnoxious behavior and movements of noise. However, what is noise? What is it doing to us and to our world? How can we live and move with noise? How do we produce and distribute our own noise? These questions and many more are discussed through a philosophical investigation of noise. Starting off from the statement that ‘noise is nature’, it soon becomes clear that there is more to noise than just nature. In an attempt to deal with nature, we have started to order it and put it into boxes. One of these boxes is the container for living, the peculiarities of which harken back to the musings of Plato on his cave and catapult us into contemporary times where office cells mirror those of the monastery. Although any definite answers will be absent, there is still much to tell about noise, even if it remains in the realm of the obscure or the obscene.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Airplanes
ISBN : LOC:00183653647

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Airport and Aircraft Noise Reduction by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation Pdf

Author : United States. Office of Noise Abatement and Control
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Noise control
ISBN : UOM:39015050275760

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Background Document for Medium and Heavy Truck Noise Emission Regulations by United States. Office of Noise Abatement and Control Pdf

Author : Clifford R. Bragdon
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781512800692

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Noise Pollution by Clifford R. Bragdon Pdf

In this handbook on a growing public menace, Clifford R. Bragdon applies acoustical engineering and social science to the least understood—yet one of the most serious—environmental hazards of modern society. This book is a precision tool; it gives facts and figures, precise scientific measurements, and accurate data on what noise is, what it does, and how to combat it. The author pinpoints the noise levels—many of them illegal—of automobiles, buses, subways, airplanes, household appliances, and children's toys in numerous charts and tables and relates these data to the measurable social, physical, and psychological damage they do to human beings. He catalogues the "noise-free" claims of manufacturers of these products in an Appendix that speaks for itself. A thorough case study of an area near Philadelphia International Airport and other townships, including five hundred households, the author evaluates existing noise abatement programs on local, state, and federal levels, and finds most of them seriously inadequate. As steps toward the solution to the noise crisis, he proposes a system for rating environmental health, new approaches to community noise management, and a variety of architectural suggestions. The bibliography—probably the most complete and up-to-date source collection on the subject ever assembled—is an invaluable reference work in itself. It lists over five hundred sources, arranged in six major categories: Noise, General; Physical Effects; Psycho-Social Effects; Law; Noise Abatement; and Noise Sources. Noise Pollution is indispensable not only for the concerned citizen but for all those who can, and must, take immediate and effective action in our unquiet crisis: urban planners, architects, hospital administrators, public health officials, transportation executives, lawyers, realtors, sound engineers, manufacturers of transportation equipment and household appliances, and community leaders. It is a vital resource in dealing with the noise crisis that is destroying pleasure, lowering work performance, eroding health, causing physical injury, and even challenging basic human survival.

Author : United States. Office of Noise Abatement and Control
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Noise control
ISBN : UCAL:B4263289

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Public Hearings on Noise Abatement and Control by United States. Office of Noise Abatement and Control Pdf

Author : Jeffrey Ansloos,Shezza Ansloos
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773215600

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Thunder and the Noise Storms by Jeffrey Ansloos,Shezza Ansloos Pdf

When the world gets too loud and chaotic, a young boy’s grandfather helps him listen with wonder instead. Kids laughing, sneakers squeaking, balls bouncing—for Thunder, the sounds of the school day often brew into overwhelming noise storms. But when Thunder’s mosom asks him what he hears on an urban nature walk, Thunder starts to understand how sounds like bird wings flapping and rushing water can help him feel calm and connected. Gentle, inviting illustrations by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley emphasize Mosom’s lessons about the healing power of the world around us.

Author : Bob Peters
Publisher : Smithers Rapra
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781910242476

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Noise in the Plastics Processing Industry by Bob Peters Pdf

This is an updated and revised version of a book published by RAPRA in 1985 'Noise in the Plastics Processing Industry'. The original version provided guidance to managers and engineers in the plastics industry on ways to reduce high noise levels in the workplace, in order to reduce risk of noise induced hearing damage to employees. Practical methods for reducing noise from industrial machinery in general were described and then illustrated with 25 case studies all relating to plastics processing machines such a granulators, shredders, extruders and injection moulders.Noise control techniques described include standard noise control measures such as enclosures, silencers and the use of sound insulating, sound absorbing materials, use of vibration isolation and damping. Most of these techniques have not changed since 1985, however one new technique is now available - the use of active noise control methods. The scope of the revised text has been extended to include chapters on environmental noise, European Union machinery noise emission regulations, hearing protection and prediction of noise levels, and the design of quieter workplaces.A new chapter of case studies has been added which reviews many already published case studies and introduces some new ones.

Author : Transportation Systems Center. Technology Sharing Program Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Noise
ISBN : UIUC:30112115710342

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Transportation Noise Bibliography by Transportation Systems Center. Technology Sharing Program Office Pdf

Author : James Randa
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119910091

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Precision Measurement of Microwave Thermal Noise by James Randa Pdf

Precision Measurement of Microwave Comprehensive resource covering the foundations and analysis of precision noise measurements with a detailed treatment of their uncertainties Precision Measurement of Microwave Thermal Noise presents the basics of precise measurements of thermal noise at microwave frequencies and guides readers through how to evaluate the uncertainties in such measurement. The focus is on measurement methods used at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), but the general principles and methods are useful in a wide range of applications. Readers will learn how to perform accurate microwave noise measurements using the respected author’s expertise of calculations to aid understanding of the challenges and solutions. The text covers the background required for the analysis of the measurements and the standards employed to calibrate radiofrequency and microwave radiometers. It also covers measurements of noise temperature (power) and the noise characteristics of amplifiers and transistors. In addition to the usual room-temperature two-port devices, cryogenic devices and multiport amplifiers are also discussed. Finally, the connection of these lab-based measurements to remote-sensing measurement (especially from space) is considered, and possible contributions of the lab-based measurements to remote-sensing applications are discussed. Specific topics and concepts covered in the text include: Noise-temperature standards, covering ambient standards, hot (oven) standards, cryogenic standards, and other standards and noise sources Amplifier noise, covering definition of noise parameters, measurement of noise parameters, uncertainty analysis for noise-parameter measurements, and simulations and strategies On-wafer noise measurements, covering on-wafer microwave formalism, noise temperature, on-wafer noise-parameter measurements, and uncertainties Multiport amplifiers, covering formalism and noise matrix, definition of noise figure for multiports, and degradation of signal-to-noise ratio Containing some introductory material, Precision Measurement of Microwave Thermal Noise is an invaluable resource on the subject for advanced students and all professionals working in (or entering) the field of microwave noise measurements, be it in a standards lab, a commercial lab, or academic research.

Author : Gaetano Licitra
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780203848128

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Noise Mapping in the EU by Gaetano Licitra Pdf

Noise mapping is the first tool to effectively assess noise exposure, communicating information to citizens, and defining effective action plans for protecting citizens from high noise levels and preserving quiet areas in urban European Community environments. Indeed, strategic noise maps are now required in the European Union for all population ce