About the Author:Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Visiting Professor of Architecture, Yale University.Past President of the Acoustical Society of America.Awarded that Society's Silver Medal.Researcher in acoustics (over 120 articles in refereed journals).Consultant in Architectural Acoustics.Review:A favorable review appeared in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America in 1998. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.