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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Donna -- the article mentions
"tuning fork", "oscillators", and changes in amplitude, but also a
"moving needle" somewhat, I imagine, like a seismic graph.
Distinctions between bacteria seem to be based on amplitude alone,
rather than complexity of the vibration, level of periodicity or
something akin to frequency or amplitude modulation ( beats,
etc.). The article ends with the provocative statement, "if it
moves [ vibrates, oscillates, etc.] it's alive" in reference to
"martian dirt." Any vibration has some potential for expression
and so cataloging the nature of vibrations seems to be one way of
identifying phenomena, and perhaps distinguishing not only life
forms from each other but live forms from inanimate ones. Perhaps
a future Enterprise will have an "Acoustics Officer" in the
station beside Science Officer Spock -- One can only imagine what
"He's dead, Jim!" might signify in this context -- perhaps "He's
ceased vibrating, Jim" will be the pronouncement as a tuning fork
is returned grimly to it's holster.<br>
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As for Strauss, with his C and B he got very close to the 60 Hz Bb
that apparently shapes sports chants and perhaps Zarathustrian
pontifications ( I have a vague recollection here of a basketball
scenario and Dan Harrison as authority, back when "smt-talk" was
traded in stone tablets).<br>
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Dave Headlam<br>
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On 8/4/13 8:05 AM, Donna Doyle wrote:<br>
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<div>P S Or, vibrations divided, of course. </div>
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<div>Interesting, R Strauss' prescience in Zarathustra re the
pitch of the universe (B), although he got it the other way
around (Zara's C for universal nature and B for human). </div>
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<b>Date:</b> August 4, 2013, 7:15:24 AM EDT<br>
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<div><span>Thanks, Dave! </span><br>
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<span>Questions: Are the vibrations steady? If multiplied to
lie within human hearing range, what pitch would they
produce? (Remember the NPR program on the pitch of outer
space?)</span><br>
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<span>Best,</span><br>
<span>Donna Doyle</span><br>
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about vibration rates in bacteria and applications for
antibiotics. Makes me wonder about possible uses for
music theory outside the usual classroom - hotel ballroom
circuit. Could we help analyze these pathological songs?</span><br>
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