History of Acoustics
AT Collections – History of Acoustics
Acoustic Today Articles about the history of some aspect of acoustics. Only articles whose primary goal was to describe the history of a topic (not individuals) in acoustics are listed.
(prepared by William A. Yost)
Why Was Your Hearing Tested- Two Centuries of Progress – Robert Ruben
One-Hundred Years of English- Language Acoustics Textbooks – Steven L. Garrett
From Father Flanagan to Hearing Research: A History of Acoustics Research at Boys Town – Walt Jesteadt
The Dawn of Ultrasonics and the Palace of Science – Kenneth S. Suslick
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ROOM ACOUSTIC DIFFUSERS – Trevor J. Cox
BINAURAL HEARING—BEFORE AND AFTER THE STETHOPHONE – Nicholas J. Wade
A HISTORY OF CONSUMER MICROPHONES- THE ELECTRET CONDENSER MICROPHONE MEETS MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL-SYSTEMS – Gary W. Elko
WOMEN IN ACOUSTICS- YESTERDAY AND TODAY – Marcia J. Isakson
From Sputnik to SpaceX®: 60 Years of Rocket Launch Acoustics – Caroline P. Lubert
Canadian Innovations in Naval Acoustics from World War II to 1967 – Cristina D.S. Tollefsen
What Is Electromotility? – The History of Its Discovery and Its Relevance to Acoustics – William E. Brownell
A History of Speech Production Research – by Maureen Stone and Christine H. Shadle
James Clerk Maxwell and the Physics of Sound – by Philip L. Marston
The Invention and Evolution of the Piano – Nicholas Giordano
History of Dolphin Biosonar Research by Whitlow W. L. Au
Psychoacoustics: A Brief Historical Overview – by William A. Yost
