Almost All About Waves

by Pierce, John R.

• ISBN13: 9780486453026
• ISBN10: 0486453022
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-06
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

This text considers waves the great unifying concept of physics. With minimal mathematics, it emphasizes the behavior common to specific phenomena such as earthquake waves, ocean waves, sound waves, and mechanical waves.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
The Idea of Waves	p. 1
Sinusoidal Waves-Their Strength and Power	p. 12
Media and Modes	p. 18
Phase Velocity and Group Velocity	p. 22
Vector and Complex Representation	p. 39
Coupled Modes	p. 47
Coupled Modes-The Other Solution	p. 57
Spatial Harmonics and Coupling	p. 61
Coupling and Tapered Media	p. 71
Waves and Forces	p. 83
Energy and Momentum of Waves in a Moving Medium	p. 102
Energy and Angular Momentum in Rotating Media	p. 114
Parametric Amplifiers	p. 121
Polarization	p. 129
Plane and Nearly Plane Waves	p. 143
Antennas and Diffraction	p. 160
The Scalar Wave Equation	p. 175
Radiation	p. 185
Retrospect and Prospect	p. 203
Index	p. 211
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