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The beautiful, mysterious science of how you hear | Jim Hudspeth

The beautiful, mysterious science of how you hear | Jim Hudspeth

Update: 2020-03-136
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Have you ever wondered how your ears work? In this delightful and fascinating talk, biophysicist Jim Hudspeth demonstrates the wonderfully simple yet astonishingly powerful mechanics of hair cells, the microscopic powerhouses that make hearing possible -- and explains how, when it's really quiet, your ears will begin to beam out a spectrum of sounds unique to you.
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The beautiful, mysterious science of how you hear | Jim Hudspeth

The beautiful, mysterious science of how you hear | Jim Hudspeth

Jim Hudspeth