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Thousand Mile Song

Hardcover • 2008 • English

Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound

By David Rothenberg

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About the book

Whale song is an astonishing world of sound whose existence no one suspected before the 1960s. Its discovery has forced us to confront the possibility of alien intelligence-not in outer space but right here on earth. Thoughtful, richly detailed, and deeply entertaining, Thousand Mile Song uses the enigma of whale sounds to open up whales' underwater world of sonic mystery. In observing and talking with leading researchers from around the globe as they attempt to decipher undersea music, Rothenbe...Show more

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ISBN

9780465071289

Publisher

Basic Books

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

Thousand Mile Song

Format

Hardcover

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