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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Fascinating, accessible survey of the acoustic world from physics and music to zoology and film.

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