Zero Decibels - The Quest for Absolute Silence

A book that draws on history, science, journalistic investigation, philosophy, religion and memory explores humans' true need for silence and chronicles the author's journey to find, hear and understand silence, culminating in his trip 1.4 miles underground in a nickel mine, where he spends 45 minutes in the quietest place on earth, a place so silent it threatens to drive people mad.

About the author

George Michelsen Foy is the author of Run the Storm, Finding North: How Navigation Makes Us Human and Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute Silence, as well as twelve critically acclaimed novels. He was a recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts fellowship in fiction and his articles, reviews, and stories have been published by Rolling Stone, The Boston Globe, Harper's, The New York Times, and Men's Journal, among others. A former officer on British coastal freighters, he teaches creative writing at NYU, holds a US Coast Guard coastal captain’s license, and divides his time between Cape Cod and New York.

Product details

• Authors: George Michelsen Foy
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.04.2014
• EAN: 9781416599609
• ISBN: 978-1-4165-9960-9
• No. of pages: 196
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics