MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2012047132
003 DLC
005 20140506080347.0
008 121126s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012047132
020 $a9781595588739 (hbk : alk. paper)
020 $z9781595588883 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
041 1 $aeng$hfre
042 $apcc
050 00 $aU795$b.V6513 2013
082 00 $a623.4$223
100 1 $aVolcler, Juliette.
240 10 $aSon comme arme.$lEnglish
245 10 $aExtremely loud :$bsound as a weapon /$cJuliette Volcler ; translated from the French by Carol Volk.
264 1 $aNew York :$bThe New Press, Distributed by Perseus Distribution,$c[2013]
300 $ax, 198 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $a"Originally published in France as Le son comme arme by Éditions La Découverte, Paris, 2011."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: "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 $aNonlethal weapons.
650 0 $aNoise$xPhysiological effect$xResearch.
650 0 $aSound$xPhysiological effect$xResearch.
650 0 $aMilitary weapons$xResearch$xHistory.
650 0 $aPsychological torture.
650 0 $aSound$xPsychological aspects.
700 1 $aVolk, Carol,$etranslator.