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The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World Audiobook, by Trevor Cox Play Audiobook Sample

The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World Audiobook

The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World Audiobook, by Trevor Cox Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Jonathan Cowley Publisher: Tantor Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: April 2014 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781494571450

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

13

Longest Chapter Length:

58:42 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

16:04 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

40:05 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

Trevor Cox is on a hunt for the sonic wonders of the world. A renowned 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 now revels in exotic noises—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 noises, 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.

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"An intriguing tour d'horizon of the world of sound."

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About Jonathan Cowley

Jonathan Cowley, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a British actor hailing from Eastbourne, East Sussex, but he currently calls Los Angeles home. He has narrated many audiobooks and can also be heard on both sides of the Atlantic narrating film trailers and documentaries. He is also an active television and film actor who has appeared in Grey’s Anatomy, Veep, and WestWorld.