Discord
The Story of Noise
1st Edition
Published on 27. September 2012
332 pages
978-0-19-163381-2 (ISBN)
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.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
09/2012
Oxford University Press
€32.40
Shipment within 15-20 days
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The Nature of Noise
- 2. A Silent Bang
- 3. Classical Noise
- 4. New Noise
- 5. A New Science of Sound
- 6. Noise in the Eighteenth Century
- 7. Machineries of Noise
- 8. The First Champions of Silence
- 9. The Noise Century
- 10. Noise in Wartime
- 11. A Time of Peace?
- 12. A Different Kind of War
- 13. A New Beginning?
- 14. The Power of Science
- 15. A New Pollution
- 16. Noise Now
- 17. A Quieter Tomorrow?
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
