Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World--And How We Can Take It Back

by Chris Berdik

Early-morning jackhammering from construction down the block. The dull roar of jets flying overhead. Your office mates' phone conversations. We are surrounded by noise, but it is a problem many of us shrug off once the immediate annoyance passes. Yet as gifted science journalist Chris Berdik explains in Clamor, noise can have serious health effects, disrupting our sleep, ratcheting up our stress, and destroying our concentration. As he argues,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324006994
• ISBN13: 9781324006992
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 256 Pages