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Gordon Hempton

Gordon Hempton
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Gordon Hempton

Gordon Hempton is an acoustic ecologist and Emmy Award-winning sound recordist. For nearly 25 years he has provided professional audio services to musicians, galleries, museums, and media producers, including Microsoft, Smithsonian, National... Read full bio

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Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
A. Do you mean a job that I could never have? Dangerous waste of time but let me give it a try: recycling airplanes and ATV's into hearing protection
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My life in 8 words: "I sleep with an open window and gratitude."
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December 19, 2008

I live on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state in a rural location that affords beautiful views of both snow-capped...
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One Square Inch of Silence will be released on March 02, 2010 in Trade Paperback
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One Square Inch of Silence is now available in Trade Paperback
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One Square Inch of Silence is now available in Hardcover
Mar 24, 2009
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Prologue from One Square Inch of Silence
Feb 13, 2009
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Gordon Hempton Revealed

Gordon Hempton Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. The universe is only half made.—John Muir Q. What’s your best quality? A. Endurance. Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. chatter boxes Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. Dolphin in tropical waters (with other dolphins, of course). Q. What is your greatest achievement? A. Becoming a father Learn more about Gordon Hempton

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CT.com, March 14, 2011
...pursuits by lovable noise cranks, decibel meters always in geeky hand (George Prochnik's "In Pursuit of Silence," Gordon Hempton's "One Square Inch of Silence" and George Michelsen Foy's "Zero Decibels"). These authors scream against noise, reminding us...
Mark's Daily Apple, July 5, 2011
...explorations and some referrals from a number of you all: Sara Maitland’s A Book of Silence and Gordon Hempton’s One Square Inch of Silence , to name two of them. Gordon Hempton, for his part, sets out on a cross-country quest to witness the state of...