Arthur N. Popper, Editor
Serendipity: An Introduction
This is my last issue as editor of Acoustics Today (AT)! I started editing AT in 2014. During my term as editor, I have solicited and edited something like 275 scholarly articles and an equal number of shorter essays and other material, and I have enjoyed every minute of the “job.” I have met and worked with a grand array of Acoustical Society of America (ASA) members, learned an immense amount about acoustics and other scholarly fields, and have worked with the marvelous ASA Publications staff.
The winter 2024 issue of Acoustics Today featured essays about how serendipity has impacted the scholarly careers of over 20 members of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). The response by readers to that issue has been great which has sparked the idea of inviting all ASA members to share their serendipity stories to be posted on the Acoustics Today (AT) website.
We invite ASA members to think about their careers and submit an essay for posting on the AT page. Click here for Information about the essay length, format, and submission instructions.
We look forward to receiving your essay.
Keith Wilson, Editor, keithwilson.asa@gmail.com
Arthur N. Popper, Editor Emeritus, apopper@umd.edu
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Winter 2024
Sound Perspectives
Serendipity in Acoustics: An Introduction – Arthur N. Popper
Serendipity in Science Education – Steve Weinberg
A Series of Fortunate Events – Tessa Bent
Serendipity in a Multidisciplinary Acoustic World – Jonas Braasch
Serendipity Is the Company You Keep – John R. Buck
Serendipity in My Life – Ilene Busch-Vishniac
My Serendipitous Path to Cochlear Implants – Monita Chatterjee
A Life Unplanned – Lawrence Crum
A Serendipitous Event Leading to a Career in Animal Bioacoustics – Micheal L. Dent
Serendipity in Acoustics: An Early Career Journey – Judy R. Dubno
In Life, Like Underwater Acoustics, Paths Are Seldom Straight – Marcia J. Isakson
What a Wonderful Wave – Nicole Kessissoglou
A Serendipitous Spiral Path to a Career in Hearing – Darlene R. Ketten
My Career and Some Semiserious Scientific Serendipity – Jim Lynch
Guided by Serendipity: The Influence of Teachers on My Acoustics Career – Andrew Morrison
Blending Music Architecture and Acoustics – Paul H. Scarbrough
My Serendipities: From Social Science to Soundscape – Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp
A Serendipitous Friendship – Kat Setzer
Serendipity in My Life – Kathleen J. Vigness-Raposa
Scattered Serendipities: How to Make Sense of Everything – Michael Vorländer
Appreciating the Flow of Serendipity: Channeling a Career in Architectural Acoustics – Lily M. Wang
Predicting Sound Propagation in the Atmosphere – D. Keith Wilson
Serendipitous Observations in the Study of Auditory Perception – William A. Yost