Pistols in St Paul's - Fiona Smyth

A ground-breaking account of the scientists and architects who pioneered acoustics in twentieth-century Britain. On a winter’s night in 1951, shortly after Evensong, the interior of St Paul’s Cathedral echoed with gunfire. This was no act of violence but a scientific demonstration of new techniques in acoustic measurement. It aimed to address a surprising question: could a building be a musical instrument?Pistols in St Paul’s tells the fascinating story of the scientists, architects and musicians... Zobrazit více