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01893aam a2200397 i 4500 001 0558A7A42B2811E3AD629ACFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20131002010043 008 121126s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012047132 020 $a 1595588736 (hardback) 020 $a 9781595588739 (hardback) 040 $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 050 00 $a U795 $b .V6513 2013 082 00 $a 623.4 $2 23 100 1 $a Volcler, Juliette, $e author. 245 10 $a Extremely loud : $b sound as a weapon / $c Juliette Volcler ; translated from the French by Carol Volk. 260 $a New York : $b The New Press, $c 2013. 300 $a x, 198 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm. 500 $a "Originally published in France as Le son comme arme by EÌditions La DeÌcouverte, Paris, 2011"--Title page verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-185) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: "We don't yet know what a sonic body can do" -- "Ears don't have lids": technical aspects of hearing -- The death ray: infrasounds and low frequencies -- "Hit by a wall of air": explosions -- "Totally cut off from the known": silence and saturation -- "Hell's bells": medium-frequency sounds -- "No matter what your purpose is, you must leave": the sound of power -- Conclusion: "a passionate sound gesture." 650 0 $a Nonlethal weapons. 650 0 $a Noise $x Research. $x Research. 650 0 $a Sound $x Research. $x Research. 650 0 $a Military weapons $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Psychological torture. 650 0 $a Sound $x Psychological aspects. 700 1 $a Volk, Carol, $e translator. 730 0 $a Son comme arme. $l English. 941 $a 3 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204075604.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110061521.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826074611.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0558A7A42B2811E3AD629ACFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search