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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
Hardcover / e-Book
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A tour of the worldβs 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 noisesβcreaking 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 soundβs surprising dynamics in everyday settingsβfrom 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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