Vibrations and Waves in Physics - Hardcover

Main, Iain G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521441862 ISBN 13: 9780521441865

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

This book is designed as a text for an undergraduate course on vibrations and waves. The overall objectives of the book are to lead the student through the basic physical concepts of vibrations and waves and to demonstrate how these concepts unify a wide variety of familiar physics. This new edition contains an elementary, descriptive introduction to the important ideas of chaos. The author has also taken pains to update the applications. As with previous editions, the book contains numerous problems with hints and numerical solutions.

About this title

Book Description:

This revised new edition of a text for an undergraduate course contains an elementary, descriptive introduction to the important ideas of chaos. The applications have also been updated. As with the previous edition, the text contains numerous problems with hints and numerical solutions.

From the Back Cover:

This book is designed both for use as a text for and initial undergraduate course on vibrations and waves, and for a reference at later stages when more advanced topics or applications are met. As such it is suitable for undergraduates at all levels in physics or and physics-based discipline concerned with vibrations and waves.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0521441862
• ISBN 13: 9780521441865
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 377