david rothenberg

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    Bug Music: How Insects Gave Us Rhythm and Noise David Rothenberg In the spring of 2013 the cicadas in the Northeastern United States will yet again emerge from their seventeen-year cycle―the longest gestation period of any animal. Those who experience…

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    Why Birds Sing: A Journey Into the Mystery of Birdsong David Rothenberg The astonishing richness of birdsong is both an aesthetic and a scientific mystery. Evolutionists have never been able to completely explain why birdsong is so inventive and why…

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    Thousand-Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound David Rothenberg In Thousand Mile Song, musician and philosopher David Rothenberg uses the enigma of whale sounds to explore whether we can truly understand nonhuman minds. Interviewing scholars around the world…

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    The Book of Music and Nature: An Anthology of Sounds, Words, Thoughts (Music/Culture) David Rothenberg & Marta Ulvaeus This innovative book, assembled by the editors of the renowned periodical Terra Nova, is the first anthology published on the subject of…

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    Why Birds Sing

    Inspired by musician and eco-philosopher David Rothenberg’s book of the same title, this documentary explores the intriguing, charming, complex and often conflicting theories on why birds sing like they do and why humans are so attracted to the sound. The…