Bibliograph

One square inch of silence, one man's search for natural silence in a noisy world, Gordon Hempton and John Grossmann

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One square inch of silence, one man's search for natural silence in a noisy world, Gordon Hempton and John Grossmann

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

One square inch of silence

Oclc number

232979169

Responsibility statement

Gordon Hempton and John Grossmann

Sub title

one man's search for natural silence in a noisy world

Summary

In the visionary tradition of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, One Square Inch of Silence alerts us to beauty that we take for granted and sounds an urgent environmental alarm. Natural silence is our nation's fastest-disappearing resource, warns Emmy-winning acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, who has made it his mission to record and preserve it in all its variety - before these soul-soothing terrestrial soundscapes vanish completely in the ever-rising din of man-made noise

Table Of Contents

Silent thunder -- The quiet path -- Hitting the road -- Urban wilderness -- Endangered quiet beauty -- The earth exposed -- The rocky road to quietude -- Nature's symphony in decline -- Toxic noise -- Seeking Muir's music -- Hundred-mile walk to Washington -- Washington, D.C

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