The Science of Sound

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By John Walters on Friday, March 29, 2002.
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Bob Collier is an adjunct professor of engineering at Dartmouth College and an expert in acoustics. He's working on new ways to prevent hearing loss, he's done research on concert halls, and he's helped design new baseball bats that combine the durability of metal with the the good old- fashioned "crack of the bat."

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