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Nature 453, 859-860 (12 June 2008) | doi:10.1038/453859a; Published online 11 June 2008
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Science & Music: Raising the roof
Michael Barron1
- Michael Barron is reader in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath, BA2 7AY, UK, and partner in Fleming & Barron, acoustic consultants. He is author of Auditorium Acoustics and Architectural Design.
Abstract
Michael Barron explores how physics, psychology and fashion have influenced concert hall acoustics.
A concert hall is a hall of mirrors — acoustic mirrors. When sound hits a hard surface, it is reflected just as light is.
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