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1	Musical Acoustics more books like this by Donald E Hall add to wishlist This book should be of interest to intended for introductory courses in musical acoustics, sound science or physical sciences. see all copies from $9.84! new only from $85.69!
2	Introduction to Modern Optics more books like this by Grant R Fowles add to wishlist This is a complete, undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology, and engineering. the first half deals with classical physics optics; the second half deals with the quantum nature of light. Includes many problems and answers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.15! \| SVS
3	The Science of Sound more books like this by Thomas D Rossing add to wishlist The Science of Sound is widely recognized as the leading textbook in the field. It provides an excellent introduction to acoustics for students without college physics or a strong background in mathematics. In the Third Edition, Richard Moore and Paul Wheeler join Tom Rossing in updating The Science of Sound to include a wide range of important ... see all copies from $8.49! new only from $74.94! \| first editions
4	The Physics of Sound more books like this by Richard E Berg add to wishlist For courses in Physics of Sound/Music. Using a hands-on and experimental approach, this book incorporates developments in digital audio technology--including consumer products--into a firm foundation of the physics of sound. Selected topics are interesting to a broad audience, with many applications of sound and waves beyond strictly musical ... see all copies from $15.43! new only from $121.73! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Opticks more books like this by Sir Isaac Newton add to wishlist Before Newton completed his masterpiece, "The Principia Mathematica", he had established his reputation with this treatise on the properties of light. Though on a narrower topic, this work is as impressive in its own right as "The Principia", for it provided a scientific analysis of light that became the basis of our modern understanding. Based on ... see all copies from $3.75! new only from $11.56! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Fundamentals of Acoustics more books like this by Lawrence E Kinsler add to wishlist The classic acoustics reference! This widely-used book offers a clear treatment of the fundamental principles underlying the generation, transmission, and reception of acoustic waves and their application to numerous fields. The authors analyze the various types of vibration of solid bodies and the propagation of sound waves through fluid media. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $39.50! \| SVS
7	Elements of Acoustic Phonetics more books like this by Peter Ladefoged add to wishlist This expanded edition provides a concise introduction to basic concepts of acoustics and digital speech processing that are important to linguists, phoneticians, and speech scientists. "Far and away the best available treatment of basic acoustics for linguists and phoneticians". -- Michael Studdert-Kennedy, Haskins Laboratories see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.60! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Introduction to Sound: Acoustics for the Hearing & Speech Sciences more books like this by Charles E Speaks add to wishlist A textbook for an undergraduate course, but also of possible interest to readers other than students of the speech-hearing sciences. Readers without a solid background in physics and mathematics will take longer to work out the explanations. Introduces the basic concepts of sound that are needed in see all copies from $3.94! new only from $94.64! \| SVS
9	Principles of Underwater Sound more books like this by Robert J Urick add to wishlist see all copies from $14.36! new only from $167.04! \| first editions
10	Optical Processes in Semiconductors more books like this by Jacques I. Pankove add to wishlist Comprehensive text and reference covers all phenomena involving light in semiconductors, emphasizing modern applications in semiconductor lasers, electroluminescence, photodetectors, photoconductors, photoemitters, polarization effects, absorption spectroscopy, more. Numerous problems. 339 illustrations. see all copies from $24.95! new only from $52.12!
11	Fundamentals of Sound with Applications to Speech and Hearing more books like this by Libby G Cohen, William J Mullin, William J Gerace add to wishlist Fundamentals of Sound with Applications to Speech and Hearing presents a clear and precise treatment of the physics of sound while using a level of math suitable for readers in the speech, language, hearing, and health sciences. This text provides undergraduate students with an understanding of the science of sound. Simple mathematics, graphics, ... see all copies from $30.18! new only from $69.42!
12 view cover	Principles of Vibration more books like this by Benson H Tongue add to wishlist With Principles of Vibration, Benson Tongue takes a refreshingly informal approach to the understanding and analysis of vibrations. The text strikes the right balance between detail and accessibility with an easily digestible style of writing yet no sacrifice of depth of analysis. The author provides a basic understanding of the main principles of ... see all copies from $3.36! new only from $84.25! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Acoustic World of Early Modern England: Attending to the O-Factor more books like this by Bruce R Smith add to wishlist This book attempts to reconstruct the sonic atmosphere of the world in which Shakespeare's plays took place, examining everything from the shape of the Globe Theater to the cityscape of London to the acoustic properties of the human body. see all copies from $18.88! new only from $31.00! \| SVS
14	Vibration & Sound more books like this by Philip M Morse add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! first editions
15	Optics more books like this by K D Moller add to wishlist This elementary introduction to optics is designed to serve as a reference or text for junior level courses in physics or electrical engineering departments. It includes such subjects as Maxwell's theory, polarization, spatian resolution as well as the application of optics. see all copies from $3.64! new only from $47.02! \| first editions
16	The noise manual more books like this by Elliott H. Berger (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $92.01!
17 view cover	Science of Vocal Pedagogy: Theory and Application more books like this by D Ralph Appelman add to wishlist Drawing upon the sciences of acoustics, linguistics, and physiology, D. Ralph Appelman advances a system of teaching voice based on the International Phonetic Alphabet. His premises are that vocal pedagogy requires an understanding of physiological and physical processes; that the singer and the voice teacher need pedagogical tools to link this ... see all copies from $31.86! new only from $46.50! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Noise more books like this by Bart Kosko, Ph.D. add to wishlist Today, noise is considered the curse of the information age, but Kosko claims that not all noise is bad. Debunking this and many other commonly held beliefs about noise, the author gives readers a vivid sense of how deeply noise permeates both the world around us and within us. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Handbook of Noise Control more books like this by Cyril M Harris, PH.D. add to wishlist see all copies from $10.28! new only from $89.50! \| first editions
20 view cover	Physics in the Arts more books like this by P U P A Gilbert, W Haeberli add to wishlist A deep yet accessible analysis of the physics of light and sound, and how our eyes and ears detect them, is not only intellectually enjoyable, but also useful to understand and interpret the world in which we live, all the phenomena that take place around us, and how we perceive them. In short, how we interface with our planet, its inhabitants, ... see all copies from $19.98! new only from $35.10!
21	Acoustic Fields and Waves in Solids more books like this by B A Auld add to wishlist This work, part of a two-volume set, applies the material developed in the Volume One to various boundary value problems (reflection and refraction at plane surfaces, composite media, waveguides and resonators). The text also covers topics such as perturbation and variational methods. see all copies from $89.50! new only from $89.50!
22	Hear Hear Science/Sound more books like this by Barbara Taylor, Kuo Kang Chen (Illustrator), Peter Bull (Illustrator) add to wishlist An introduction to the science of sound, using simple science experiments that show how we hear sounds and how we make music by such means as plucking strings, blowing pipes, and hitting percussion instruments. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $349.36! \| first editions
23 view cover	Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music, Second Edition more books like this by Ian Johnston add to wishlist There has always been a close connection between physics and music. From the great days of ancient Greek science, ideas and speculations have passed backward and forward between natural philosophers (physicists) and musical theorists. "Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music, Second Edition" explores the story of that relationship in an ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $60.70!
24 view cover	Theoretical Acoustics more books like this by Philip McCord Morse add to wishlist Starting from first principles, the authors have successfully produced a unified and thorough treatment of the subjects of generation, propagation, absorption, reflection, and scattering of compressional waves in fluids, progressing to such topics as moving sound sources, turbulence, and wave-induced vibration of structures. see all copies from $50.00! new only from $96.27! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Theory of Sound, Volume 1 more books like this by Strutt Rayleigh, John William Strutt Rayleigh, Bar add to wishlist Valuable classic by great Nobel laureate. Sums up previous research; Rayleigh's original contributions. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $16.62! \| first editions \| SVS

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