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In pursuit of silence : listening for meaning in a world of noise / George Prochnik.
Van Pelt Library BF353.5.N65 P76 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prochnik, George.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Noise--Psychological aspects.
- Noise.
- Silence.
- Physical Description:
- x, 342 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Doubleday, [2010]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780385528887
- 0385528884
- OCLC:
- 456977490
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