Physics Behind Music - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Bryan H. Suits has been a professor in the Department of Physics at Michigan Technological University (MTU) since 1985. An award-winning teacher, he has taught physics courses at all levels. An accomplished amateur musician with decades of experience, the author has combined his enthusiasm for physics with that for music to find ways to improve physics literacy among nonphysicists. Klappentext This engaging text uses the performance, recording, and enjoyment of music to present basic principles of physics. The narrative lays out specific results from physics, as well as some of the methodology, thought processes, and 'interconnectedness' of physics concepts, results, and ideas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Frequency and rates; 3. The notes we use; 4. The frequency domain and pitch; 5. Harmonic oscillators and resonance; 6. String theory; 7. Normal modes; 8. Traveling waves; 9. The uncertainty principle; 10. Nonlinear physics; 11. Classical gases; 12. The speed of sound in a gas; 13. Sounds we hear; 14. Sound in pipes; 15. Sound in three dimensions; 16. Interference, diffraction, and diffusion; 17. Faraday's laws of induction; 18. RC time constants; 19. Physics and recording technology; 20. Electronics and music; Appendices; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Bryan H Suits, Bryan H. Suits, Bryan H. (Michigan Technological University Suits, Bryan H. (Michigan Technological University) Suits
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781108948708
• ISBN: 978-1-108-94870-8
• No. of pages: 322
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works; Music, SCIENCE / Physics / General, Physics, Wave mechanics (vibration and acoustics), For undergraduate education and equivalents