WorldCat Linked Data Explorer

Turtle N-Triple JSON-LD RDF/XML HTML Contact Us Home

http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1781765117

Sonic wonderland : a scientific odyssey of sound

Open All Close All

type

about

author

creator

description

http://schema.org/description

  • "Acoustic engineer Trevor Cox had an epiphany: rather than quashing rare or bizarre sounds, we should be celebrating these sonic treasures! In the Mojave Desert he finds sand dunes that sing. In France he discovers an echo that tells jokes. In California he drives down a musical road that plays the William Tell Overture. In Cathedrals across the world he learns how acoustics changed the history of the church. Touching on physics, music, archaeology, neuroscience, biology, and design, Cox explains how sound is made and altered by the environment and how our body reacts to peculiar noises -- from the exotic sonic wonders he encounters on his journey, or the equally unique and surprising sounds of our everyday environment. In a world dominated by the visual, Sonic Wonderland encourages us to become better listeners and to open our ears to the glorious cacophony around us."

genre

name

http://schema.org/name

  • "Sonic wonderland : a scientific odyssey of sound"
  • "Sonic wonderland : a scientific odyssey of sound"@en
  • "Sonic wonderland a scientific odyssey of sound"

workExample