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In Pursuit of Silence

by George Prochnik

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More than money, power, and even happiness, silence has become the most precious—and dwindling—commodity of our modern world.

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. 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, and what it is that gets lost when we can no longer find quiet. He shows us the benefits of decluttering our sonic world.

Smart... Silence is good for falling asleep, but Prochnik's attentive take on noise keeps us wide awake.

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Categories:

Memoir Science Sociology Philosophy Health History Psychology Self-help Non-fiction

Language:

English

Length:

342 pages

Author:

George Prochnik
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