In pursuit of silence : listening for meaning in a world of noise
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : Doubleday, c2010.
Physical Description
342 p. ; 22 cm.
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.