This text considers waves the great unifying concept of physics. With minimal mathematics, it emphasizes the behavior common to phenomena such as earthquake waves, ocean waves, sound waves, and mechanical waves. Topics include velocity, vector and complex representation, energy and momentum, coupled modes, polarization, diffraction, and radiation. 1974 edition.
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very readable intro to the physics of waves...,
By chud3@juno.com (San Antonio, TX, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Almost All About Waves (Paperback)
This is an excellent book that discusses the physics of waves with a minimum of math. A very readable introduction to waves. Sadly, at the time of this writing, this book is out of print. However, if you can find a copy it is worth reading.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Not introductory, not cohesive -- skip it,
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This review is from: Almost All About Waves (Dover Books on Physics) (Paperback)
While this book is short and relatively well-written, it is entirely full of jargon and doesn't stay long enough on any one topic to fully develop it. The book assumes you already know the material, and I think doesn't really do a good job reviewing it, if you did. I am fine with the mathematics in it, which are not difficult, but this appears to be written for electrical engineers, who want a refresher, I guess. But he spends too much space introducing the basics, which an EE would already know. What audience is this book actually written for? Who knows?A much better unifying high-level cheap Dover book on waves, that actually hits the mark is Physics of Waves; that book has much more content, is more deliberate, and isn't just confined to electromagnetic waves.
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This review is from: Almost All About Waves (Dover Books on Physics) (Paperback)
This may be "almost all about waves" but it assume you have already taken a course on waves. With vertually no introduction to the mathematic terms it starts immediately into the equations with multiple terms that it does not define. By page 12 I found myself in the widipedia trying to understand the terms.It might makes for nice summary but it is not a place to learn about wave mechanics.
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