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How to hear the shape of a room

19 Jun 2013
Photograph of the interior of Lausanne Cathedral showing the echolocation system
Sounding out Lausanne Cathedral. (Courtesy: Ivan Dokmanić)
  Can you obtain the dimensions of a darkened room by clapping your hands and listening to the

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