Discord
The Story of Noise
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 23 January 2014
- ISBN 9780199687794
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages332 pages
- Size 196x129x26 mm
- Weight 350 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 43 black and white illustrations 0
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Short description:
As humankind creates ever more noise, the battle to manage and control it intensifies. Mike Goldsmith considers the long history of that battle, explains the science and physiology, explores how new scientific approaches may affect the future of sound, and looks at how discord and dissonance are put to use in music, medicine, and even the military.
MoreLong description:
Noise is a widely recognized problem and health concern in the modern world. Given the importance of managing noise levels and developing suitable 'soundscapes' in contexts such as industry, schools, or public spaces, this is an area of active research for acousticians. But noise, in the sense of dissonance, can also be used positively; composers have employed it from Baroque music to Rock feedback; medicine harnesses it to shatter kidney stones and treat cancer; and even the military uses it in (real and rumoured) weapons.
Mike Goldsmith looks back at the long history of the battle between people and noise - a battle that has changed our lives and moulded our societies. He investigates how increasing noise levels relate to human progress, from the clatter of wheels on cobbles to the sound of heavy machinery; he explains how our scientific understanding of sound and hearing has developed; and he looks at noise in nature, including the remarkable ways in which some animals, such as shrimps, use noise as a weapon or to catch prey. He concludes by turning to the future, discussing the noise sources which are likely to dominate it and the ways in which new science and new ideas may change the way our future will sound.
This is an engaging book on a topic that concerns us all yet about which we remain strangely inarticulate - noise ... The book is a veritable tour de force - an entertaining and highly informative tour through the weird and wonderful (and often wacky and worrisome) world of noise.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Nature of Noise
A Silent Bang
Classical Noise
The End of Science
A New Science of Sound
Noise in the Eighteenth Century
Machineries of Noise
The First Champions of Silence
New Worlds
Noise in Wartime
A Time of Peace?
A Different Kind of War
A New Beginning?
The Power of Science
A New Pollution
Noise Now
A Quieter Tomorrow?
