BOOK REVIEW NOISE—CON 88 Proceedings

J.Stuart Bolton,ed.xx 636 pp,Noise Control Foundation P.O.Box 2469,Arlington Branch,Poughkeepsie,NY 12603,U.S.A.Price US $60.00 19.00 air mail.The NOISE-CON 88 conference of U.S.A.was held at Purdue University,june 20—22,1988.The theme of the conference is"Noise Control De-sign—Methods and Practice".The proceedings contain three distinguishedlectures and 100 contributed papers.The three distinguished lectures all address the theme of the conference.In hislecture“Is there a‘zero-option‘in noise control design?”Professor P.E.Doakof the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research,Southampton University,dis-cusses the potential for achieving complete noise cancellation and how it might beachieved in practice.In the lecture"Loudness Pattern(ISO532B),an excellant guideto noise-induced designs and to expected public reactions"presented by Professor