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"The poor and the affluent are not communicating because they do not have the same words. When we talk of the millions who are culturally deprived, we refer not to those who do not have access to good libraries and bookstores, or to museums and centers for the performing arts, but those deprived of the words with which everything else is built, the words that opens doors. Children without words are licked before they start. The legion of the young wordless in urban and rural slums, eight to ten years old, do not know the meaning of hundreds of words which most middle-class people assume to be familiar to much younger children. Most of them have never seen their parents read a book or a magazine, or heard words used in other than rudimentary ways related to physical needs and functions. Thus is cultural fallout caused, the vicious circle of ignorance and poverty reinforced and perpetuated. Children deprived of words become school dropouts; dropouts deprived of hope behave delinquently. Amateur censors blame delinquency on reading immoral books and magazines, when in fact, the inability to read anything is the basic trouble."
- Peter S. Jennison
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 Format: Hardcover, 1st ed., 385 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
ISBN: 0070269424
Release Date: Jan 3, 1995
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More people are spending more time at home making more noise—yet they want quiet environments. This is the only book available that tells designers,planners,architects,and builders how to give homeowners and apartment-dwellers the quiet they crave. Simple enough to be used by the average do-it-yourselfer (it avoids complex mathematics),yet so complete it will satisfy the requirements of knowledgeable building professionals,this authoritative guide gives you one-stop answers on designing,specifying,testing,and retrofitting residences to meet the new environmental standards and satisfy our need for peace and quiet.
"This is the most comprehensive book on residential sound control that I have read—[it] includes all the sound control information that anyone would need for building in sound control in residential construction—single family or multifamily. "—John DiCesare,Residential Building Consultant. More people are spending more time at home making more noise—yet they want quiet environments. This is the only book on the market that tells designers,planners,architects,and builders how to give homeowners and apartment-dwellers the quiet they crave. Supplying complete details on reducing unwanted sound in all types of residential buildings,from single-family to multifamily,this authoritative guide clearly explains: methods and principles of noise control—and solutions to particular noise problems using specific techniques; the latest materials and tools used in noise and sound control; new federal,state,industry,and ASTM codes and standards—and why they make the "quest for quiet" more challenging; myths,misconceptions and the mysteries ofresidential acoustics; the latest testing techniques. The manual offers numerous case studies that show how noise control problems are solved using a variety of acoustic and noise control techniques. Moreover,it provides handy design guide worksheets,sound transmission data charts,and a noise control checklist that facilitate the design and construction of quieter residences. Noise Control Manual for Residential Buildings is straightforward enough to be used by the average do-it-yourselfer (it avoids complex mathematics),yet so complete it will satisfy the requirements of knowledgeable building professionals. It is a comprehensive guide to designing,specifying,testing,and retrofitting residences to meet new standards and satisfy the need for those most elusive environmental attributes—peace and quiet.
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| | | |  | | | Noise Control Principals.
Design Considerations.
Residential Equipment Noise.
Regulations, Codes, Standard Test Methods.
Three Ms of Acoustics--Myth, Misconceptions, & Mystery.
Environmental Noise Control.
Appendices: A: Acoustical Performance Data.
B: Case Studies.
C: Glossary of Acoustical Terms.
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