Common Book 2013-14: In Pursuit of Silence: General Resources

From The Human Body Book: An Illustrated Guide to Its Structure, Function and Disorders.

Exposure to noise at home, at work, while traveling, and during leisure activities is a fact of life for all Americans. At times noise can be loud enough to damage hearing, and at lower levels it can disrupt normal living, affect sleep patterns, affect our ability to concentrate at work, interfere with outdoor recreational activities, and, in some cases, interfere with communications and even cause accidents.

A thorough introduction to and examination of the major new developments from the past twenty years in the field of urban sound environment including the EU directive on noise and its implications.

This book traces efforts to control unwanted sound -- the noise of industry, city traffic, gramophones and radios, and aircraft -- from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century.

Mentioned in George Prochnik's Author's Note at the end of In Pursuit of Silence.

Translation by Brian Massumi. Mentioned in Prochnik's Author's Note.