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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Doubleday,
c2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of 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.
