Letture consigliate per chi vuole approfondire gli argomenti della sezione "Il suono e la sua percezione": libri divulgativi e siti di istituzioni scientifiche, accessibili senza una preparazione universitaria. I testi universitari sono elencati nella bibliografia della sezione "Formule e approfondimenti".

Suggested reading for those who want to know more about the topics of the section "Sound and its perception": popular books and websites of scientific institutions, accessible without a university background. University textbooks are listed in the bibliography of the section "Formulae and in-depth study".

Libri / Books

• John R. Pierce, The Science of Musical Sound, Scientific American Library, New York 1983; edizione riveduta / revised edition W. H. Freeman, New York 1992. Open Library
  • Edizione italiana / Italian edition: La scienza del suono, Zanichelli, Bologna 1988. SBN
• Juan G. Roederer, The Physics and Psychophysics of Music: An Introduction, 4th ed., Springer, New York 2008. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-09474-8
• Thomas D. Rossing, F. Richard Moore, Paul A. Wheeler, The Science of Sound, 3rd ed., Addison-Wesley, San Francisco 2002. Open Library
• Trevor Cox, Sonic Wonderland: A Scientific Odyssey of Sound, The Bodley Head, London 2014. Open Library
  • Edizione italiana / Italian edition: Pianeta acustico. Viaggio tra le meraviglie sonore del mondo, Dedalo, Bari 2015. SBN
• Diana Deutsch, Musical Illusions and Phantom Words: How Music and Speech Unlock Mysteries of the Brain, Oxford University Press, New York 2019. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190206833.001.0001
• Daniel J. Levitin, This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, Dutton, New York 2006. Open Library
  • Edizione italiana / Italian edition: Fatti di musica. La scienza di un'ossessione umana, Codice, Torino 2008. SBN
• Oliver Sacks, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Knopf, New York 2007. Open Library
  • Edizione italiana / Italian edition: Musicofilia. Racconti sulla musica e il cervello, Adelphi, Milano 2008. SBN
• Nina Kraus, Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World, The MIT Press, Cambridge (MA) 2021. doi:10.7551/mitpress/13606.001.0001

Rumore e salute / Noise and health

• World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region, WHO, Copenhagen 2018. WHO
• World Health Organization, World Report on Hearing, WHO, Geneva 2021. WHO
• European Environment Agency, Environmental Noise in Europe – 2025, EEA Report 05/2025, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg 2025. doi:10.2800/5134480
• Legge 26 ottobre 1995, n. 447, Legge quadro sull'inquinamento acustico. Normattiva

Siti web / Websites

• Diana Deutsch, Diana Deutsch's Web Page, University of California, San Diego: illusioni acustiche con esempi sonori / auditory illusions with sound examples.
• Rémy Pujol (ed.), Journey into the World of Hearing (Voyage au centre de l'audition), Université de Montpellier: anatomia e fisiologia dell'orecchio / anatomy and physiology of the ear.
• Daniel A. Russell, Acoustics and Vibration Animations, Graduate Program in Acoustics, The Pennsylvania State University.
• Carl R. Nave, HyperPhysics: Sound and Hearing, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University.