Noise: a Human History of Sound and Listening by David Hendy

Noise: a Human History of Sound and Listening

David Hendy

382 pages 2013

6 editions

nonfiction history music informative slow-paced
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Based on a major BBC Radio 4 series, David Hendy explores the role of sound - and of listening - in 100,000 years of human history. In prehistoric caves, drummers used natural acoustics to recreate natural sound. In classical Europe, orators turne...

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