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...Ostwald sustains that fine balance between objectivity and intimacy throughout the book, as he explores Gould's growing torment and his sad decline. Ostwald's abiding concern for his often exasperating friend, whom he was never able to induce to seek therapy, makes this superb psychological study also a poignant personal memoir...
...Peter Ostwald, 33, of the University of California School of Medicine, has for three years been studying human sounds. Ostwald says in effect that humans hum to soothe themselves mentally. Humming is frequently prompted by one of two subconscious impulses: 1) to achieve a back-to-the-breast association with mother, and its consequent feeling of security, or 2) to block out extraneous sounds when one is trying to concentrate...
...without the thumb" - is predictably Freudian, the second is quite practical. The sound waves produced by humming are far more effective than the low volume would indicate. This is because humming is a "purer" tone. "When a person hums, he can blot out most of the sounds of speech," Ostwald reports. "Many hum to themselves while concentrating on tasks, particularly if these involve abstract thinking or fine motor skills...
...Ostwald hastens to point out that humming is perfectly normal. Does he hum? "Of course. We all do. We have...
...physical chemistry he gave form and content for a hundred years" (Wilhelm Ostwald, outstanding Leipzig chemist, Nobel Prizewinner...