Waves and Oscillations
a prelude to quantum mechanics
$123.75
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
10 June 2010
Summary
Riding the Waves: A Classical Journey into Oscillations
Waves and oscillations are fundamental concepts that resonate across physics, chemistry, and engineering. Mastering them provides a crucial foundation for understanding quantum mechanics. This engaging textbook offers a comprehensive exploration of complex exponentials, differential equations, and matrix math, requiring no prior experience.
The book clearly illustrates the parallels between normal mode analysis, orthogo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780195393491 |
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| ISBN-10: | 019539349X |
| Author: | Walter Fox Smith |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 10 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 907g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 183mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
Listed in New Books, Physics Today”This book provides a rigorous introduction to a host of wave and oscillation phenomena and their real-world and research applications, while at the same time laying the mathematical and conceptual groundwork for upper level physics classes. I strongly recommend this book for use in a course that serves as a bridge for students who are making the transition from introductory courses into an upper-level curriculum.“Prof. Nathan Harshman, American University
About The Author
Walter Fox Smith
Walter Fox Smith combines his passions for teaching and nanophysics research at Haverford College. His research centers on the photoelectronic properties of self-assembling molecular electronics. He is also known as “the singing physics professor”, thanks to his compositions and performances in the classroom and at social gatherings of physicists.
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