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The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World

Trevor J. Cox
4.9/5 (26801 ratings)
Description:A tour of the world’s most amazing acoustic phenomena that reveals how sound works in everyday life.Trevor Cox is on a hunt for the sonic wonders of the world. A renowned expert who engineers classrooms and concert halls, Cox has made a career of eradicating bizarre and unwanted sounds. But after an epiphany in the London sewers, Cox now revels in exotic noises—creaking glaciers, whispering galleries, stalactite organs, musical roads, humming dunes, seals that sound like alien angels, and a Mayan pyramid that chirps like a bird. With forays into archaeology, neuroscience, biology, and design, Cox explains how sound is made and altered by the environment, how our body reacts to peculiar noises, and how these mysterious wonders illuminate sound’s surprising dynamics in everyday settings—from your bedroom to the opera house. The Sound Book encourages us to become better listeners in a world dominated by the visual and to open our ears to the glorious cacophony all around us.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World. To get started finding The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World

Trevor J. Cox
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Description: A tour of the world’s most amazing acoustic phenomena that reveals how sound works in everyday life.Trevor Cox is on a hunt for the sonic wonders of the world. A renowned expert who engineers classrooms and concert halls, Cox has made a career of eradicating bizarre and unwanted sounds. But after an epiphany in the London sewers, Cox now revels in exotic noises—creaking glaciers, whispering galleries, stalactite organs, musical roads, humming dunes, seals that sound like alien angels, and a Mayan pyramid that chirps like a bird. With forays into archaeology, neuroscience, biology, and design, Cox explains how sound is made and altered by the environment, how our body reacts to peculiar noises, and how these mysterious wonders illuminate sound’s surprising dynamics in everyday settings—from your bedroom to the opera house. The Sound Book encourages us to become better listeners in a world dominated by the visual and to open our ears to the glorious cacophony all around us.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World. To get started finding The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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039324282X
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