TY - BOOK ID - 78108902 TI - Discord : the story of noise PY - 2012 SN - 9780199687794 128363466X 019163381X 9780191633812 6613947113 9786613947116 9781283634663 0199600686 9780199600687 9780199600687 019968779X 0191633828 9780191633829 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Noise. KW - Noise pollution. KW - Noise control. KW - Noise prevention KW - Acoustical engineering KW - Environmental engineering KW - Noise KW - Pollution KW - Sound KW - Silence UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78108902 AB - Noise is a widely recognized problem and health concern in the modern world. Given the importance of managing noise levels and developing suitable 'soundscapes' in contexts such as industry, schools, or public spaces, this is an area of active research for acousticians. But noise, in the sense of dissonance, can also be used positively; composers have employed it from Baroque music to Rock feedback; medicine harnesses it to shatter kidney stones and treat cancer; and even themilitary uses it in (real and rumoured) weapons.Mike Goldsmith looks back at the long history of the battle between peop ER -