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This highly informative, accessible and fascinating book brings together perspectives on sound by leading experts in a wide variety of disciplines, from physics, phonetics and physiology to anthropology, zoology, music and film. It crosses disciplinary boundaries to inspire a richer and more creative approach to the acoustic world.

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Table of Contents

Introduction Patricia Kruth and Henry Stobart; 1. Re-sounding silences Philip Peek; 2. The physics of sound Charles Taylor; 3. Hearing Jonathan Ashmore; 4. Sounds natural: the song of birds Peter Slater; 5. The sounds of speech Peter Ladefoged; 6. Ancestral voices Christopher Page; 7. Shaping sound Brian Ferneyhough; 8. Sound worlds Steven Feld; 9. Audio-vision and sound Michel Chion; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Index.

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    A Paperback by Patricia Kruth, Henry Stobart

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 1 February 2007
      ISBN-13 9780521033831
      978-0521033831
      ISBN-10 0521033837
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      Popular science Wave mechanics

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This highly informative, accessible and fascinating book brings together perspectives on sound by leading experts in a wide variety of disciplines, from physics, phonetics and physiology to anthropology, zoology, music and film. It crosses disciplinary boundaries to inspire a richer and more creative approach to the acoustic world.

      Trade Review

      '… a real treat to read and review.' The World of Music

      Table of Contents

      Introduction Patricia Kruth and Henry Stobart; 1. Re-sounding silences Philip Peek; 2. The physics of sound Charles Taylor; 3. Hearing Jonathan Ashmore; 4. Sounds natural: the song of birds Peter Slater; 5. The sounds of speech Peter Ladefoged; 6. Ancestral voices Christopher Page; 7. Shaping sound Brian Ferneyhough; 8. Sound worlds Steven Feld; 9. Audio-vision and sound Michel Chion; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Index.

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