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Author:

Volcler, Juliette, author.

Title:

Extremely loud : sound as a weapon / Juliette Volcler ; translated from the French by Carol Volk.

Publisher:

The New Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

x, 198 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Nonlethal weapons.
Noise--Research.--Research.
Sound--Research.--Research.
Military weapons--History.--History.
Psychological torture.
Sound--Psychological aspects.

Other Authors:

Volk, Carol, translator.

Other Titles:

Son comme arme. English.

Notes:

"Originally published in France as Le son comme arme by Éditions La Découverte, Paris, 2011"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-185) and index.

Contents:

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."

ISBN:

1595588736 (hardback)
9781595588739 (hardback)

LCCN:

2012047132

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)