Sound shapes our world in invisible but profound ways and here Caspar Henderson brings his
characteristic curiosity knowledge and sense of wonder to the subject to take us on an
exhilarating journey through the heard universe. A Book of Noises gathers together sounds
from the cosmos the natural world the human world and the invented world and contains quiet
pockets of silence. From the vast sound of sand in the desert to the tuneful warble of a
songbird to the meditative resonance of a temple bell and the improvisational melodies of jazz
this is a celebration of all things auricular.
