I'm not sure how scientifically accurate this book is, but I'd like to know. I liked how much of a starting point this book was in prompting my own research on a variety of different topics, but the annoyances featured most prominently were, well, annoying. I'm not interested in trivial annoying s...
Had to go back to the library unfinished, but I'll get it out again. Very interesting and informative. I folded down a lot of corners (I'm one of those) to mark funny or vivid examples.
The writing is terrible. But the science is interesting: the book summarizes and compares experiments from a range of fields, including music and emotional psychology and medicine. Because of the attention to sensory annoyances, it might be a good read for those interested in aesthetic philosophy;...
Fingernails on a blackboard, overheard cellphone conversations, a fly buzzing around our heads - these are only some of the many universal annoyances in the world, and in Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us, Joe Palca looks at the state of research into what seems like a relatively minor emotion, ...
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