In Pursuit of Silence Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise

Name: In Pursuit of Silence Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise
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ISBN: 9780385528887

ISBN-10: 0385528884

ISBN-13: 9780385528887

Edition: 2010

Authors: George Prochnik

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More than money, power, and even happiness, silence has become the most precious commodity of our modern world. Now George Prochnik delivers a brilliant and far-reaching exploration of the frontiers of noise and silence, and of the growing war between them. In Pursuit of Silencegives context to our increasingly desperate sense that noise pollution is, in a very real way, an environmental catastrophe. Delving into the field with doctors, neuroscientists, acoustical engineers, monks, activists, educators, marketers, and aggrieved citizens, Prochnik examines the need for quiet from a medical, technological, political, philosophical, and spiritual perspective. As Prochnik travels across the…

Book details

List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/6/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.100



Introduction



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


Acknowledgments


Notes


Author's Note


Index