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Prochnik, George.
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Noise -- Psychological aspects.
Silence.
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Prochnik, George.
Noise -- Psychological aspects.
Silence.
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In pursuit of silence : listening for meaning in a world of noise / George Prochnik.
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Prochnik, George.
Doubleday, c2010.
Call #:
155
.9115
P963i
Subjects
Noise -- Psychological aspects.
Silence.
ISBN:
9780385528887
0385528884
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
x, 342 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.
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