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

by Trevor J. Cox

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0393239799

ISBN13:9780393239799

Release Date:February 2014

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:331 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

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