342 pages
English language
Published Aug. 3, 2010 by Doubleday.
4 stars
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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.
Subjects
- Noise -- Psychological aspects
- Silence