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Title The sound book : the science of the sonic wonders of the world / Trevor Cox.
Author Cox, Trevor J.
Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  550.153 COX    Check Shelves
 South Trail  550.153 COX    Check Shelves
Edition First American edition.
Description 331 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-311) and index.
Contents The most reverberant place in the world -- Ringing rocks -- Barking fish -- Echoes of the past -- Going round the bend -- Singing sands -- The quietest places in the world -- Placing sound -- Future wonders.
Subject Sounds -- Popular works.
Noise -- Popular works.
ISBN 9780393239799 : $26.95
0393239799