Acoustics
![Artificial omni-directional sound source in an anechoic chamber](/Images/godic/202412/17/Rfel_vsesmer_front0923.png")
![The fundamental and the first 6 overtones of a vibrating string. The earliest records of the study of this phenomenon are attributed to the philosopher Pythagoras in the 6th century BC.](/Images/godic/202412/17/Harmonic_partials_on_strings.svg0923.png")
![Principles of acoustics have been applied since ancient times : A Roman theatre in the city of Amman.](/Images/godic/202412/17/Amman_Roman_theatre0923.jpg")
![Jay Pritzker PavilionAt Jay Pritzker Pavilion, a LARES system is combined with a zoned sound reinforcement system, both suspended on an overhead steel trellis, to synthesize an indoor acoustic environment outdoors.](/Images/godic/202412/17/20070919_Pritzker_Pavilion_from_stage0923.JPG")
Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of all mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician while someone working in the field of acoustics technology may be called an acoustical engineer. The application of acoustics is present in almost all aspects of modern society with the most obvious being the audio and noise control industries.