Whispering-gallery wave Whispering-gallery wave Whispering-gallery waves, or whispering-gallery modes, are a type of wave that can travel around a concave surface. Originally discovered for sound waves in the whispering gallery of St Paul’s Cathedral, they can exist for light and for other waves, with important applications in nondestructive testing, lasing, cooling and sensing, as well as in astronomy. Whispering-gallery waves were first explained for the case of St Paul's Cathedral circa 1878 by Lord Rayleigh, who revised a previous misconception that whispers could be heard across the dome but not at any intermediate position. He explained the phenomenon of travelling whispers with
The Whispering Land owl. The book ends as he leaves his friends and Argentina with his collection of animals to return to the Channel Islands via ship. Will Cohu of "The Telegraph" said that while "The Whispering Land" wasn't Durrell's "most entertaining book", it contained "the reassuring message that life was a kind of theatre that could be played for its comedy". The "Australia Women's Weekly" praised Durrell, saying he had "the ability to deal as sympathetically and amusingly with humans as with animals". The Whispering Land The Whispering Land is an autobiographical account of the 8 months Gerald Durrell spent travelling in