| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 342 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-333) and index. |
| Contents |
Listening for the unknown -- Why we hear -- Why we are noisy -- Retail: the soundtrack -- Sounds like noise -- Silent interlude -- Soundkill -- Freeway to noise -- Home front -- This is war! -- The dragon trap -- Silent finale. |
| Summary |
Listening to doctors, neuroscientists, acoustical engineers, monks, activists, educators, marketers, and aggrieved citizens, George Prochnik examines why we began to be so loud as a society, what it is that gets lost when we can no longer find quiet, and what are the benefits of decluttering our sonic world. |
| Subject |
Noise -- Psychological aspects.
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Silence.
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| ISBN |
9780385528887 |
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0385528884 |
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