31
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
J.A. Sisneros (ed.), Fish Hearing and Bioacoustics, Advances in Experimental
Medicine and Biology 877, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-21059-9_3
It Started in Hawai’i Kai: Reminiscences of 43
Years (and Counting) of Collaboration
and Friendship
Arthur N. Popper and Richard R. Fay
Abstract This paper discusses the 43+ year collaboration of Arthur Popper and
Richard Fay. Over these years, we have co-authored over 30 papers and 55 books.
The collaboration benefi ts from a strong friendship that includes our spouses and
children. By any measure, our collaboration must be seen as being successful. The
basis for this success is, we think, twofold. First, we have very complementary and
overlapping research interests. This has enabled us to tackle issues, whether in
research or in planning meetings or books, from different perspectives. Second, a
hallmark of our successful collaboration has been our deep and close friendship and
the extension of that friendship to our spouses and children. In this paper, we discuss some of the events that have shaped our collaboration, and some of the people
who have impacted our lives.
Keywords Fish • Hearing • Localization • Springer Handbook • SHAR • Hawaii
Our collaboration started in 1971 and continues to this day. Together, we have published over 25 scientifi c papers, close to 60 books, and organized a number of meetings. Obviously, the collaboration has been productive, but it has also been one of
close friendship between our families. We like to think that while each of us would
have been productive had we never met, the “chemistry” of us together has benefi ted both of us and our discipline in many exciting and important ways that would
not have occurred had we not collaborated.
Looking back on our careers, we have certainly been productive as collaborators.
For example, we have coauthored 32 papers (see list at the end of this essay), coedited over 55 books, and shared students and postdocs who have gone on to be
very productive scholars in their own right. We have co-organized eight scholarly
meetings, all of which have resulted in publications.
A. N. Popper (*)
Department of Biology , University of Maryland , College Park , MD 20742 , USA
e-mail: apopper@umd.edu
R. R. Fay
Marine Biological Laboratory , Woods Hole , MA , USA
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
J.A. Sisneros (ed.), Fish Hearing and Bioacoustics, Advances in Experimental
Medicine and Biology 877, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-21059-9_3
It Started in Hawai’i Kai: Reminiscences of 43
Years (and Counting) of Collaboration
and Friendship
Arthur N. Popper and Richard R. Fay
Abstract This paper discusses the 43+ year collaboration of Arthur Popper and
Richard Fay. Over these years, we have co-authored over 30 papers and 55 books.
The collaboration benefi ts from a strong friendship that includes our spouses and
children. By any measure, our collaboration must be seen as being successful. The
basis for this success is, we think, twofold. First, we have very complementary and
overlapping research interests. This has enabled us to tackle issues, whether in
research or in planning meetings or books, from different perspectives. Second, a
hallmark of our successful collaboration has been our deep and close friendship and
the extension of that friendship to our spouses and children. In this paper, we discuss some of the events that have shaped our collaboration, and some of the people
who have impacted our lives.
Keywords Fish • Hearing • Localization • Springer Handbook • SHAR • Hawaii
Our collaboration started in 1971 and continues to this day. Together, we have published over 25 scientifi c papers, close to 60 books, and organized a number of meetings. Obviously, the collaboration has been productive, but it has also been one of
close friendship between our families. We like to think that while each of us would
have been productive had we never met, the “chemistry” of us together has benefi ted both of us and our discipline in many exciting and important ways that would
not have occurred had we not collaborated.
Looking back on our careers, we have certainly been productive as collaborators.
For example, we have coauthored 32 papers (see list at the end of this essay), coedited over 55 books, and shared students and postdocs who have gone on to be
very productive scholars in their own right. We have co-organized eight scholarly
meetings, all of which have resulted in publications.
A. N. Popper (*)
Department of Biology , University of Maryland , College Park , MD 20742 , USA
e-mail: apopper@umd.edu
R. R. Fay
Marine Biological Laboratory , Woods Hole , MA , USA