Over the ages, humans have always been fascinated by dolphins. This fascination heightened in the 1950s when oceanariums and aquariums began to use dolphins as show performers to demonstrate their prowess and display how tractable and trainable they were, in part due to their extraordinary ability to echolocate. This is the first book to present a comprehensive and organized treatise on dolphin biosonar. Such an effort is long overdue, since there is a paucity of books on this subject. The book introduces concepts ranging from physics to the creation of mathematical models as an aid to the quantification and understanding of biosonar capabilities. Topics further range from auditory pathways and processes, to the anatomy of the dolphin's head, to signal processing models, to a comparison of the sonar of bats and dolphins.
By:
Whitlow W.L. Au Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info] Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 1.710kg ISBN:9780387978352 ISBN 10: 0387978356 Pages: 278 Publication Date:15 January 1993 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active