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In Pursuit of Silence

By George Prochnik

In Pursuit of Silence

By George Prochnik

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A brilliant, far-reaching exploration of the frontiers of noise and silence, and the growing war between them. Between iPods, music-blasting restaurants, earsplitting sports stadiums, and endless air and road traffic, the place for quiet in our lives grows smaller by the day. In Pursuit of Silence gives context to our increasingly desperate sense that noise pollution is, in a very real way, an environmental catastrophe. Traveling across the country and meeting and listening to a host of incredible characters, including doctors, neuroscientists, acoustical engineers, monks, activists, educators, marketers, and aggrieved citizens, George Prochnik examines why we began to be so loud as a society, and what it is that gets lost when we can no longer find quiet.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
354
Release Date:
2011-04-05
Publication Date:
2011-04-05
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0767931211
ISBN13:
9780767931212
Weight:
395 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
19 cm

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