Daniel Fleisch (Ohio Wittenberg University), Laura Kinnaman (Iowa Morningside College)

A Student's Guide to Waves

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written to complement course textbooks, this book focuses on the topics that students find most difficult. It uses plain language to explain fundamental ideas, and features exercises and fully-worked examples. Ideal for undergraduates in physics and engineering, the book is supported by a suite of online resources.

Produktdetails

• Student's Guides
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 375g
• ISBN-13: 9781107643260
• ISBN-10: 1107643260
• Artikelnr.: 41217458

Autorenporträt

Daniel Fleisch is a Professor in the Department of Physics at Wittenberg University, where he specializes in electromagnetics and space physics. He is the author of several Student's Guide books, including most recently A Student's Guide to the Mathematics of Astronomy (Cambridge, 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Wave fundamentals; 2. The wave equation; 3. Wave components; 4. The mechanical wave equation; 5. The electromagnetic wave equation; 6. The quantum wave equation; References; Index.

Rezensionen

'I recommend this supplementary textbook as a clear tutorial for understanding the basic concepts of waves and the wave equation with its applications to mechanics, electromagnetic waves and the Schrödinger equation. ... It is written for undergraduates in physics and engineering, but it also has exceptional value to a wider readership. ... Physical insights that are helpful for a deep understanding of waves are uniquely presented. The text is supplemented with clear and useful graphs. The book's website contains additional resources: worked solutions to all problems, animated graphics, a few errata, and author podcasts to augment all the chapters.' Barry R. Masters, Optics and Photonics News