Overview :This incisive text provides a basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The fir... Read More
Overview :A wide-ranging exploration of the sounds that shape our world in invisible yet significant ways. The crackling of a campfire. The scratch, ... Read More
Overview :A highly engaging study of mirages, illusions of multiple moons, the fata morgana, colored shadows and scores of other phenomena in a book p... Read More
Overview :Because of the increasing demands and complexity of undergraduate physics courses (atomic, quantum, solid state, nuclear, etc.), it is often... Read More
Overview :"An outstanding treatise." -- Review of Scientific Instruments"Astonishing how this treatise ... still retains a place of preeminence in mod... Read More
Overview :"Recommended to all scientists." -- Journal of Royal Naval Scientific Service"The publishers do us a service by issuing this reprint." -- Th... Read More
Overview :Principles of Underwater Sound by Robert J. Urick is the most widely used book on underwater acoustics and sonar published today. For more t... Read More
Overview :Songs, barks, roars, hoots, squeals, and growls: exploring the mysteries of how animals communicate by sound What is the meaning of a bird's... Read More
Overview :There are areas of science that are off limits to the public and are not taught in our universities. The science and technology of anti-grav... Read More
Overview :Sound is integral to how we experience the world, in the form of noise as well as music. But what is sound? What is the physical basis of pi... Read More
Overview :Muddled about what makes music? Stuck on the study of harmonics? Dumbfounded by how sound gets around? Now you no longer have to struggle to... Read More
Overview :Here's humorous proof of just how fun it is to observe with your ears. A whimsical introduction to pitch and volume, this book practically b... Read More
Overview :Victoria Newhouse, noted author and architectural historian, addresses the aesthetics and acoustics in concert halls and opera houses of the... Read More
Overview :Trevor Cox is on a hunt for the sonic wonders of the world. A renowned expert who engineers classrooms and concert halls, Cox has made a car... Read More
Overview :For readers of Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill O'Neill, What the Ear Hears (and Doesn't) is a fascinating science book for adults that explores... Read More