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Zero decibels : the quest for absolute silence / George Michelsen Foy.
| Author/creator | Foy, George |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st Scribner hardcover ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Scribner, ©2010. |
| Description | x, 196 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Quest for absolute silence |
| Contents | The Broadway train -- Quest for total sound -- City noise, urban quiet -- A brief history of silence -- Quest for silence: the country -- Art of silence, silence in art -- "The quietest place in the universe": scientific silence -- Can we hear "nothing"? Silence and physiology -- The silence of the sea: how hearing evolved -- Why Apaches don't talk -- The silence of the disappeared -- The death of quiet: coping with overload -- The quietest place on earth -- The monks of Cîteaux: silence as absolute -- Tinnitus! -- The farmhouse. |
| Abstract | Have our noise-soaked lives driven us mad? And is absolute silence an impossible goal-- or the one thing that can save us? A lively tale of one man's quest to find the grail of total quiet. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index. |
| LCCN | 2009042325 |
| ISBN | 9781416599593 (hc.) |
| ISBN | 1416599592 (hc.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BF204.7 .F69 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |