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In Pursuit of Silence : Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise by George Prochnik, George Prochnik is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><P>Between iPods, music-blasting restaurants, ear-splitting 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.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>Silence is golden, but noise is more stimulating in this smart if occasionally overearnest rumination on our modern soundscape. Prochnik (Putnam Camp) is at his best investigating the culture of noise&mdash;the traffic, TV, and iPods&mdash;that ravages our hearing and peace of mind. He tunes in with a sprightly mix of science&mdash;babies, it seems, have evolved to squall at pitches the human ear finds maximally annoying&mdash;and reportage, visiting a designer who concocts soundtracks that make Abercrombie & Fitch patrons spen

Who reads In Pursuit of Silence : Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise?

Author

George Prochnik, George Prochnik

Publisher

Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780767931212

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Psychology, Fiction, Self Help

Rating

3.47 / 5 (30 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14