RIP, Robert Galambos, bat-neuroscientist

The NYT obit for Robert Galambos ("Neuroscientist Who Showed How Bats Navigate") includes this smashing mad-science-y photo of a young Mr Galambos testing a bat's acoustic capability by holding it before the cone of a Victrola.

Robert Galambos, Neuroscientist Who Showed How Bats Navigate, Dies at 96 (Thanks, Steve!)

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Not a Victrola. A sine wave generator. Anyone seen my glue?
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“Let’s see how the little guy likes Nickelback.”
MrsBug

Bats are awesome. That is all.
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  Agreed.
phisrow

And now, I will expose you to my scientifically calibrated “bat signal”…
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So I’m the only one who sees PeeWee Herman holding a bat up to Siney’s gaping maw?
Raines Cohen

Back in the days when scientists had hair.

Perhaps this is the kind of image we need to disseminate in order to get more women involved in the sciences: come on over and join the geeks — baldness no longer required!
Felton

In retrospect, wouldn’t it have made sense for Batman to be blind and have a kind of “sonar-sense?” I know Daredevil later took up that niche anyway, but just sayin’.
scdevine

A Widow’s Peak, a bow-tie, a bat, and an ultrasonic sine-wave generator.

How has this man _avoided_ being on Boing-Boing for this long?
Ned613

The Master’s Voice. Actually, the device appears to be an Hewlett-Packard audio oscillator HP200A.