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The Sound Book

The Sound Book

The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World

by Trevor J. Cox and Trevor Cox
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 30/04/2014

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Trevor Cox is on a hunt for the sonic wonders of the world. A renowned expert who engineers classrooms and concert halls, Cox has made a career of eradicating bizarre and unwanted sounds. But after an epiphany in the London sewers, Cox now revels in exotic noises-creaking glaciers, whispering galleries, stalactite organs, musical roads, humming dunes, seals that sound like alien angels, and a Mayan pyramid that chirps like a bird. With forays into archaeology, neuroscience, biology, and design, Cox explains how sound is made and altered by the environment, how our body reacts to peculiar noises, and how these mysterious wonders illuminate sound's surprising dynamics in everyday settings-from your bedroom to the opera house. The Sound Book encourages us to become better listeners in a world dominated by the visual and to open our ears to the glorious cacophony all around us.
ISBN:
9781494501457
9781494501457
Category:
Science: general issues
Format:
CD-Audio
Publication Date:
30-04-2014
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
137x163x27mm
Weight:
0.08kg

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