In pursuit of silence : listening for meaning in a world of noise / George Prochnik.

  • Prochnik, George
Date:
2011
  • Books

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Description

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.

Publication/Creation

New York : Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 2011.

Physical description

x, 342 pages ; 21 cm

Contributors

Edition

First Anchor books edition, April 2011.

Notes

Originally published: New York : Doubleday, ©2010.

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-329) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    AFT.AM
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780767931212
  • 0767931211