Animal Music: Sound & Song in the Natural World
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Publisher: Strange Attractor
Year: 2015
Format: Paperback
Edition: First
Condition: New
Edited by Tobias Fischer & Lara Cory
Ever since the accidental discovery of whale song in 1967, the idea of complex animal sentience has been gaining strength within the scientific community. A growing number of researchers and academics are exploring the idea that animals enjoy music on a similar level to human beings.
Animal Music is the first anthology to present an overview of the current state of this vital debate. Its authors have spoken to the leading scientists, researchers and musicians in the field to uncover hidden meanings and new perspectives – they visit the world’s largest library of animal sounds, hack into the mysterious sonic world of shrimps, travel back in time to the point where animal and human songs diverged, and decode the latest neuro-scientific findings about animal music and communication.