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acoustic vibrations
Author_Chris Berdik
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decibels
environmental justice
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hearing loss
hearing protection
housing equity
natural world
noise pollution
noise-canceling
public health
sleep improvement
soundscapes
toxic sound
Product details
- ISBN 9781324006992
- Weight: 352g
- Dimensions: 147 x 218mm
- Publication Date: 20 May 2025
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Pneumatic drilling from building sites. The dull roar of planes overhead. Your colleague’s phone conversations in an otherwise silent office. Noise is everywhere: disrupting our sleep, ratcheting up our stress, destroying our concentration—yet it’s a problem that many of us shrug off once the immediate annoyance passes. In Clamor, Chris Berdik reveals noise as one of the most pervasive yet under-acknowledged pollutants in our daily lives, the harms of which extend far beyond our hearing, from our children’s learning outcomes to our longevity to the natural world around us.
We systemically neglect life’s sonic dimension at our peril—not only driving up the racket but failing to harness sound’s great potential. Berdik introduces us to the researchers, rock stars, architects and many others who are finding surprising ways to make our world sound not only less bad, but better. Rising above the ever-increasing din, Clamor is an urgent—and ultimately inspiring—call to reconsider our relationship to our world’s soundscapes.
Chris Berdik is the author of Mind Over Mind. His work has appeared in Popular Science, Wired, Politico, and elsewhere, and he has been awarded reporting grants from the Pulitzer Center and the Society of Environmental Journalists. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts.
