Transforming Noise: A History of Its Science and Technology from Disturbing Sounds to Informational Errors, 1900-1955

You are cordially invited to attend the Winter 2024 Colloquium series of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, organized by Professor Chen-Pang Yeang. The IHPST Colloquium Series comprises a set of talks given by researchers on their recent or cumulative work related to the history and philosophy of science. It is one of the IHPST's major scholarly activities.

The second talk we will host this semester entitled "Transforming Noise: A History of Its Science and Technology from Disturbing Sounds to Informational Errors, 1900-1955" by Professor Chen-Pang Yeang from the IHPST-University of Toronto, examines the historical origin of the attempts to understand, control, and use noise in modern times.