The Physics of Sound and Music, Volume 2

A complete course text (Lab manual)

Author: Samya Bano Zain and Samya Zain Series: IOP ebooks

The Physics of Sound and Music, Volume 2

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This second volume of ‘The Physics of Sound and Music: A complete course text’ is a lab manual providing a complete resource to accompany undergraduate courses on the physics of sound and music, and is supplemented by the textbook in volume one of this two-volume set. It is written in an accessible, clear and conversational style with the intent of engaging students and teaching physics without appearing overwhelming. The manual consists of practical and written activities that can be completed independently or during laboratory time (both in-person and online), and includes space for students to write their answers.

Key Features

Provides a complete resource to accompany one semester undergraduate courses on the physics of sound and music
Introduces sound and music, sound production, sound propagation, sound reception, the physics of musical instruments, and sound recording
Written in an accessible, clear and conversational style with the intent of engaging students without appearing overwhelming
Includes activities to supplement classwork (both in-person and online)
Can be supplemented by the textbook in volume one of this two-volume set

About the Author

Samya Zain is a Professor of Physics at Susquehanna University, USA, where she was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2016. She has been a member of the BaBar scientific research collaboration at SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) at Stanford University, California, and the ATLAS collaboration at CERN, Geneva. Her previous books ‘Techniques of Classical Mechanics: From Lagrangian to Newtonian Mechanics’ and ‘Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: An Introduction for Physicists and Engineers’ were published by IOP Publishing in 2019 and 2021, respectively.