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
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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. 

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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. 

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