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Have our noise-soaked lives driven us mad And is absolute silence an impossible goal—or the one thing that can save us A lively tale of one man’s quest to find the grail of total quiet.---“ I don’t know at what point noise became intolerable for me,” George Michelsen Foy writes as he recalls standing on a subway platform in Manhattan, hands clamped firmly over his ears, face contorted in pain. But only then does Foy realize how overwhelmed he is by the city’s noise and vow to seek out absolute silence, if such an absence of sound can be discovered.Foy begins his quest by carrying a pocket-sized decibel meter to measure sound levels in the areas he frequents most—the subway, the local café, different rooms of his apartment—as well as the places he visits that inform his search, including the Parisian catacombs, Joseph Pulitzer’s “silent vault,” the snowy expanses of the Berkshires, and a giant nickel mine in Canada, where he travels more than a mile underground to escape all human-made sound. Along the way, Foy experiments with noise-canceling headphones, floatation tanks, and silent meditation before he finally tackles a Minnesota laboratory’s anechoic chamber that the Guinness Book of World Records calls “the quietest place on earth,” and where no one has ever endured even forty-five minutes alone in its pitch-black interior before finding the silence intolerable.Drawing on history, science, journalistic reportage, philosophy, religion, and personal memory, as well as conversations with experts in various fields whom he meets during his odyssey, Foy finds answers to his questions: How does one define silence Did human beings ever experience silence in their early history What is the relationship between noise and space What are the implications of silence and our need for it—physically, mentally, emotionally, politically Does absolute silenceactually exist If so, do we really want to hear it And if we do hear it, what does it mean to usAccording to the Environmental Protection Agency, 30 million Americans suffer from environment-related deafness in today’s digital age of pervasive sound and  sensory overload. Roughly the same number suffer from tinnitus, a condition, also environmentally related, that  makes silence impossible in even the quietest places. In this respect, Foy’s quest for silence represents more than  a simple psychological inquiry; both his queries and his  findings help to answer the question “How can we live  saner, healthier lives today”Innovative, perceptive, and delightfully written, Zero Decibels will surely change how we perceive and appreciate the soundscape of our lives. Earlier Answer - Ask the Physicist With the recent publication of PHYSICS IS... there are now three Ask the Physicist books! Click on the book images below for information on the content of the ... H - THIRDSTONE 101 SOUTH All In The Game For 1kra T S Black Isnt Black For 1kra T S Blue Skies T S For 1kra Boat Out On The Water For 1kra T S Humming Sound - Noise Help by Deb (Australia) Hi Sarinne What advice can you offer in regards to blocking out very low frequency noise? I have recently moved into a ... Nucor Building Systems - Pre Engineered Steel Buildings Nucor Building Systems is a leading manufacturer of custom pre-engineered metal building systems with over 1000 Authorized Builders across North America. SPY ACTION COMEDY WAR DRAMA MARTIAL ART FILMS SPY ACTION COMEDY WAR DRAMA MARTIAL ART FILMS AND MORE..... Q861 3 Days to Kill (65) aka: 13 Days to Die - Spy chase after the ... Make a Refundable deposite :: Express HelpLine Your personal information and card details are 100% secure. About Us Recent Question User Login Security & Privacy Policy Question list Terms of Service ... Buy Tickets Online Concert Theater & Sporting Events ... TicketsNow Buy and sell tickets online at TicketsNow offering concert tickets theater tickets football tickets baseball tickets Broadway tickets and more! Alert! The link you have just clicked might be unsafe tr ... The Tr.im team has removed this link for your safety. We (Tr.im team) work to make sure all our stakeholders adhere to our terms and conditions and our general safety ... TicketsInventory Tickets : Buy Tickets for Concerts ... Tickets for Concerts Sports Theatre and More Online at TicketsInventory.com Most Annoying Sound - TV Tropes The Most Annoying Sound trope as used in popular culture. Most Video Games use audio cues as well as visual cues to let the player know what is going on
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