{"product_id":"vibrations-and-waves-in-physics-paperback-9780521447010","title":"Vibrations and Waves in Physics (Paperback) 9780521447010","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVibrations and Waves in Physics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThird edition of one of our most successful undergraduate texts in physics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIain G. Main (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521447010, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 July 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e380 pages, 164 b\/w illus.  4 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.502 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...[has] gone beyond the diet of springs and strings that dominates the traditional, unimaginative waves-and-oscillations course....[brings] in plenty of real-world applications such as transmission of electromagnetic waves, and lead[s] the reader to quantum theory in a mainly painless introduction.\"   Tania Monteiro, New Scientist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFor the third edition of this successful undergraduate text, the author has made a number of changes to improve the presentation and clarify some of the arguments, and has also brought several of the applications up to date. The new material includes an elementary, descriptive introduction to the ideas behind the new science of chaos. The overall objectives of the book are unchanged: to lead the student to a thorough understanding of the basic concepts of vibrations and waves, to show how these concepts unify a wide variety of familiar physics, and to open doors to advanced topics which they illuminate. Each section of the book contains a brief summary of its salient contents. There are approximately 180 problems to which all numerical answers are provided, together with hints for their solution. This book is designed both for use as a text for an initial undergraduate course on vibrations and waves, and for a reference at later stages when more advanced topics or applications are met.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Free vibrations\u003cbr\u003e 2. Free vibrations in physics\u003cbr\u003e 3. Damping\u003cbr\u003e 4. Damping in physics\u003cbr\u003e 5. Forced vibrations\u003cbr\u003e 6. Forced vibrations in physics\u003cbr\u003e 7. Anharmonic vibrations\u003cbr\u003e 8. Two-coordinate vibrations\u003cbr\u003e 9. Non-dispersive waves\u003cbr\u003e 10. Non-dispersive waves in physics\u003cbr\u003e 11. Fourier theory\u003cbr\u003e 12. Dispersion\u003cbr\u003e 13. Water waves\u003cbr\u003e 14. Electromagnetic waves\u003cbr\u003e 15. De Broglie waves\u003cbr\u003e 16. Solitary waves\u003cbr\u003e 17. Plane waves at boundaries\u003cbr\u003e 18. Diffraction\u003cbr\u003e Answers to problems, and hints for solution\u003cbr\u003e Constants and units\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Wave mechanics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Wave mechanics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Wave%20mechanics%20%5Bvibration%20\u0026amp;%20acoustics%5D%20%5BPHDS%5D%22\"\u003evibration \u0026amp; acoustics PHDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001790714136,"sku":"9780521447010","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521447010i_9d7821ef-fe32-4591-b88a-e6e78eca672c.jpg?v=1691382006","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/vibrations-and-waves-in-physics-paperback-9780521447010","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}