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A Book of Noises: Notes on the Auraculous

Caspar Henderson

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A Book of Noises: Notes on the Auraculous

A Little Book of Noises gathers together sounds from the cosmos, the natural world, the human world, and the invented world, as well as containing pockets of silence. From the vast sound of sand in the desert to the tuneful warble of a songbird, from the meditative resonance of a temple bell to the improvisational melodies of jazz, this is a celebration of all things "auraculous," or "ear marvelous." Sound shapes our world in invisible but significant ways, and writer Caspar Henderson brings his characteristic curiosity and knowledge to the subject to take us on an exhilarating journey to examine noise related to humans (anthropophony), other life (biophony), our planet (geophony), and space (cosmophony).

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2023
ISBN-13
9780226823232
Genre
Science & Technology
Topics
Sound and acousticsNatural worldMusic and noise

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  • The Book of Barely Imagined Beings

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