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The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World
W. W. Norton & Company
February 2014
On Sale: February 10, 2014
304 pages
ISBN: 0393239799
EAN: 9780393239799
Kindle: B00DX5X9DE
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A tour of the world’s most amazing acoustic
phenomena that reveals how sound works in everyday
life. 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. 35
illustrations
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