Always loud, never quiet: the history of noise from the Big Bang to today!

What did Rome sound like during the imperial era? A world without cars, airplanes, and electricity? Was the past a silent idyll? Noise begins for humans before birth, with the mother's heartbeat, and sometimes ends fatally in the roar of a natural disaster. In Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology, there is at least one god responsible for thunder and noise. Today, people struggle with very earthly noise, from loud streets, railway tracks, and airports. Using diaries, graphics, physical measurements, and archaeological findings, historian Kai-Ove Kessler takes us to the origins of noise - and beyond. A completely new, enlightening, and entertaining perspective on humanity.