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"In this tour of the world's most unexpected sounds, Trevor Cox--the ""David Attenborough of the acoustic realm"" (Observer)--discovers the world's longest echo in a hidden oil cavern in Scotland, unlocks the secret of singing sand dunes in California, and alerts us to the aural gems that exist everywhere in between. Using the world's most amazing acoustic phenomena to reveal how sound works in everyday life, The Sound Book inspires 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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A riveting ear-opener. . . . A must-read for sound-lovers of all stripes. --Bernie Krause, author of The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places

Reveals how much art there is in the act of listening. Reading it made my ears more mindful.--Adam Gopnik A riveting ear-opener. . . . A must-read for sound-lovers of all stripes.--Bernie Krause, author of The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places Cox's enthusiasm for his specialty is contagious. I'll now be keeping my ears wide open. Turns up the volume on...sonic oddities.

Turns up the volume on...sonic oddities. Cox's enthusiasm for his specialty is contagious...I'll now be keeping my ears wide open. [A] fun but thoroughly detailed scientific tour through some of the world's aural gems. Sounds like music to our ears. This small encyclopedia of strange sounds reveals how much art there is in the act of listening. Reading it made my ears more mindful.--Adam Gopnik In this riveting ear-opener, Trevor Cox describes in lyrical detail a range of sonic events and new ways of listening that can only brighten our experience of the acoustic world around us. A must-read for sound-lovers of all stripes.--Bernie Krause, author of The Great Animal Orchestra

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"A professor of acoustic engineering, Trevor Cox has appeared on the Discovery and National Geographic channels, produced seventeen BBC radio documentaries, and holds the Guinness Record for discovering the world's ""Longest Echo."" He lives in Manchester, England."

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