The S.S. Stevens papers. 1934-1981.

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The S.S. Stevens papers. 1934-1981.

Biographical information, articles and other publications, primarily in the field of psychophysics.

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Stevens, S.S. (Stanley Smith), 1906-1973

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Stevens was an authority on the physics of sensory perception, especially hearing. His primary contribution was Stevens' Law, which states that the magnitude of a sensation grows as a power function of the intensity of the stimulus. He was director of the Psycho-Acoustics Laboratory and the Psychophysics Laboratory at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Stanley Smith Stevens, 1931-1973 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 62555827 From the descriptio...

University of Utah. Libraries. Manuscripts Division

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