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Cymatics: A Study of Wave Phenomena & Vibration Hardcover – July 1, 2001

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This deluxe hardcover edition documents 14 years of meticulous experiments using audible sound to excite powders, pastes and liquids into life-like, flowing forms. Over 350 stunning photographs reflect patterns found throughout nature, art and architecture, inspiring a deep recognition of the generative power of sound and vibration. Cymatics appears in videos, books and presentations by Gregg Braden, Drunvelo Melchizadek, Len Horowitz and many others.

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295 pages
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English
Publisher

MACROmedia Publishing
Publication date

July 1, 2001
Dimensions

9.25 x 1.25 x 10 inches
ISBN-10

1888138076
ISBN-13

978-1888138078
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Alexander Lauterwasser
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Miranda Lundy
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Hardcover
68 offers from $7.85
Simone Arrigoni
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2 offers from $15.00
Marilyn Walker
894
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28 offers from $7.80
Dameon Keller
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Philip Jackson
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Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ MACROmedia Publishing; 3rd edition (July 1, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 295 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1888138076
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1888138078
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.9 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.25 x 1.25 x 10 inches

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Peter Baum

A Compendium of Examples of Sound Phenomena

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 22, 2004

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I first became interested in the patterns sound can generate on the surface of a liquid when I observed beautiful patterns on the surface of a thin layer of water caused by vibrations from the disposal unit of my kitchen sink. I was easily able to reproduce these same patterns as well as others by placing an inverted plastic lid containing a few millimeters of water over a speaker. A function generator attached to an amplifier was used to drive the speaker. It was my search for previous research of this phenomenon that led to the discovery of Hans Jenny's two-volume work titled "Cymatics." On the positive side, this set shows many examples of patterns generated by sound in various media and using various techniques. As such, it represents a nice compendium of examples, and the photographs are visually appealing. However, the work does not represent scientific research into this phenomenon in the modern sense but is more like the exploratory research and categorizing done by the ancient Greeks. No theory is presented that explains the phenomena in terms of mechanics or dynamics and no predictions are made based on theory or observation. For such a modern scientific approach, one needs to look elsewhere. There is some information about this currently active scientific field on the Internet: use search terms such as "capillary waves" and "acoustic flow."

96 people found this helpful

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Ilana

Love this book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 9, 2020

Love this book

Buyer Beware - important you read below prior to ordering.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 18, 2013

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I just purchased the book and was under the assumption that it was Volume 1 of 2. I had ordered Volume 2 from another vender and I have discovered that this copy is in fact Volumes 1 and 2.

I verified the ISBN number listed and from the book - it is correct.

This book "A Study of Wave Phenomena and Vibration" contains;
Volume 1, 1967 - The structure and dynamics of waves and vibrations.
Volume 2, 1974 - Wave phenomena, vibrational effects and harmonic oscillations with their structure, kinetics and dynamics.

35 people found this helpful

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Digitalfanatic

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 14, 2016

Good read.

Sound and matter come together.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 3, 2011

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Hans Jenny spent half a lifetime bringing us the beautiful pictures and philosophical ideas that are present in Cymatics. Complementary to his 30 min video, this book shows the numerous experiments that Jenny performed as well as the conclusions that these studies led to.

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Nick P

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 26, 2015

Interesting read.

Great book! Everything I was looking for

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 12, 2015

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Great book! Everything I was looking for. Fascinating. It came promptly and in great condition. Very impressed and satisfied with my order. :)

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Miket

Excellent book to learn more from the world of Cymatics ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 27, 2014

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Excellent book to learn more from the world of Cymatics from one of the most prominent scientists in the field.

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Ashley

Pretty much all you got.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 9, 2015

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If you know enough about Cymatics to be buying a book on it then you'll probably know that the work of Hans Jenny is pretty much the authority on the field. Basically everything you need to know about it and essentially 90% of the new findings in the field of Cymatics is in this book. I did my dissertation and much of my third year university photography work on this topic and after all the research I did, the only other sources I found that offered anything else worth reading were 'Water Sound Images: The Creative Music of the Universe' By Alexander Lauterwasser (fitting name) and anything you can find by Ernst Chladni (which won't be much because he died a looooooooong time ago). But yes, this book is definitely the foremost thing worth having regarding Cymatics.

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Faith Shillito

Alot to read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 3, 2016

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I expected more image examples of different methods of Cymatics but if you want to know more about the physics on how it happens this is the book for you.
It is a thick book so there is plently to read on the different areas of cymatics and its origin.

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DazB

Wild patterns

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 6, 2011

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Interested in the patterns in singing bowls, and the fountain effects caused by the vibrations. This guy has methodically, done a pretty comprehensive job, not on bowls but on the effects of vibrations. Have started reading and looking at the pictures, very interesting.

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nice book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 20, 2020

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condiotion was fine

mr darren j blackman

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 27, 2015

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