They’re a cool and easy way to demonstrate certain waves, with a bit of cleanup afterward. This week, we’re serving up some sound science on a “Chladni plate.” * Ernst Chladni was a very important ...

Demian Conrad turned to the sonic experiments of Ernst Chladni to create a graphic identity for Camerata. In the 1780s, German physicist (and musician) Ernst Chladni conducted a series of experiments ...

Chances are you’ve seen the gorgeous patterns that sound waves produce when sand is sprinkled on a vibrating metal plate. Now French physicists have produced inverse versions of these patterns using ...