In pursuit of silence listening for meaning in a world of noise

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 son...

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Main Author: Prochnik, George
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, c2010.
Edition:1st ed.
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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.
Physical Description:x, 342 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780385528887
0385528884
Author Notes:GEORGE PROCHNIK is the author of Putnam Camp: Sigmund Freud, James Jackson Putnam, and the Purpose of American Psychology , a New York Times "Editor's Choice" pick and winner of a 2007 Gradiva Award. He has written for the New York Times , the Boston Globe , Playboy , and Cabinet magazine, among other publications. He lives in Brooklyn.

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