In Pursuit of Silence
Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Personality, Self Help, Mental Health, Happiness, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | George Prochnik | ISBN: | 9780385533263 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | April 6, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Anchor | Language: | English |
| Author: | George Prochnik |
| ISBN: | 9780385533263 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | April 6, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Anchor |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
