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The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World by Trevor Cox (Hardback, 2014)

Trevor Cox is on a hunt for the sonic wonders of the world. A rewned 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 w revels in exotic ises-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 ises, 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.

Place of Publication
New York
Content Note
35 Illustrations
Author Biography
A professor of acoustic engineering, Trevor Cox has appeared on the Discovery and National Geographic channels, produced seventeen BBC radio documentaries, and holds the Guinness Record for discovering the world's Longest Echo. He lives in Manchester, England.
Date of Publication
11/03/2014
Country of Publication
United States

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