In Pursuit of Silence

Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise

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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.
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Schrijver
Prochnik, George
Titel
In Pursuit of Silence
Uitgever
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Jaar
2011
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
354
Gewicht
272 gr
EAN
9780767931212
Afmetingen
210 x 133 x 19 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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