Vibrations and Waves in Physics [Paperback]

Third edition of one of our most successful undergraduate texts in physics.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.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.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.1. Free vibrations; 2. Free vibrations in physics; 3. Damping; 4. Damping in physics; 5. Forced vibrations; 6. Forced vibrations in physics; 7. Anharmonic vibrations; 8. Two-coordinate vibrations; 9. Non-dispersive waves; 10. Non-dispersive waves in physics; 11. Fourier theory; 12. Dispersion; 13. Water waves; 14. Electromagnetic waves; 15. De Broglie waves; 16. Solitary waves; 17. Plane waves at boundaries; 18. Diffraction; Answers to problems, and hints for solution; Constants and units; Index. ...an excellent book which can be thoroughly recommended either for use as a text for an undergraduate course introducing the student to many of the widely-pervading notions connected with vibrations and waves, or indeed for anyone who feels the need to broaden his knowledge in this sphere. Naturel]