Almost All About Waves

By: JOHN R. PIERCE

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Paperback | 6 October 2006

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This text considers waves the great unifying concept of physics. With minimal mathematics, it emphasizes the behavior common to specific phenomena-earthquake waves studied by seismologists; waves and ripples on oceans, lakes, and ponds; waves of sound that travel through the air; mechanical waves in stretched strings and in quartz crystals that can be used to control the frequency of radio transmitters; electromagnetic waves that constitute light, and that are radiated by radio transmitters and received by radio receivers; and the waves of probability employed in quantum mechanics to predict the behavior of electrons, atoms, and complex substances.Starting with a look at the strength and power of sinusoidal waves, author John R. Pierce explores wave media and modes, phase velocity and group velocity, vector and complex representation, energy and momentum, coupled modes and coupling between modes, polarization, diffraction, and radiation. References and an index appear at the end of the book.

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Non-Fiction Science Physics Classical Mathematics Wave Mechanics including Vibration & Acoustics Science in General

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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