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Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction

by David George Haskell

★ PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award ★ Pulitzer Prize

A lyrical exploration of the diverse sounds of our planet, the creative processes that produced these marvels, and the perils that sonic diversity now faces We live on a planet alive with song, music, and speech. David Haskell explores how these wonders came to be. In rain forests shimmering with insect sound and swamps pulsing with frog calls we learn about

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 2023
Format: Print edition
Pages: 448
ISBN: 9781984881564

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Nature: Environmental Conservation & Protection – General Science: Acoustics & Sound Science: Life Sciences – Evolution

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