Noise Matters: The Evolution of Communication

R. Haven Wiley

Published by Harvard University Press 2015

Noise Matters

The Evolution of Communication

R. Haven Wiley

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674287044

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About this book

We think of noise as background sound that interferes with our ability to hear more interesting sounds. But noise is anything that interferes with the reception of signals of any sort. Whatever its cause, the consequence of noise is error by receivers, and these errors are the key to understanding how noise shapes the evolution of communication.

Author / Editor information

Wiley R. Haven :

R. Haven Wiley is Professor of Biology and Ecology, Emeritus, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Reviews

Haven Wiley gives a superb overview of how communication has evolved.
-- Hansjoerg Kunc, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast

Extremely readable and thought-provoking...The result of all this erudition and stimulation is very likely the best book of science published by a mainstream press in 2015, something that will make readers think about every sound they hear and why they hear those sounds and why they prefer some of those sounds to others. It’s an invigorating inquiry.
-- Steve Donoghue Open Letters Monthly

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
FIGURES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE NOISE AND WAYS TO REDUCE IT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
PART TWO EVOLUTION OF SIGNALERS AND RECEIVERS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
PART THREE ALTERED PERSPECTIVES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
PART FOUR FAR HORIZONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND OTHER NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	413
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	491
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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 460
Illustrations
- Other: 17 halftones, 30 line illustrations, 1 tables

eBook

Published: June 9, 2015
ISBN: 9780674287044