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Waves: A Very Short Introduction [#590]
Waves: A Very Short Introduction [#590]
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私たちはあらゆる波動に囲まれています。地球は地盤から、海面は絶え間なく揺れ動き、音は陸、海、空気に反響します。私たちの体内に目を向ければ、脳や器官もそれぞれに波動で形成されていますし、宇宙空間はあらゆる電磁放射線を包容しています。力学的な波、量子波、最近観測可能になった重力波も波動です。波動の種類、その源、効果、用途、そして反射、回折、干渉、偏光など波動がもたらす現象を取り上げ解説します。
  

  • Discusses waves of all kind, including light waves, sound waves, seismic waves, and the now clearly detected gravitational waves
  • Explores the features which all waves have in common
  • Explains the importance of understanding wave behaviour, and its wide applications

 
We live in a world of waves. The Earth shakes to its foundations, the seas and oceans tremble incessantly, sounds reverberate through land, sea, and air. Beneath the skin, our brains and bodies are awash with waves of their own, and the Universe is filled by a vast spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, of which visible light is the narrowest sliver. Casting the net even wider, there are mechanical waves, quantum wave phenomena, and the now clearly detected gravitational waves. Look closer and deeper and more kinds of waves appear, down to the most fundamental level of reality. 

This Very Short Introduction looks at all the main kinds of wave, their sources, effects, and uses. Mike Goldsmith discusses how wave motion results in a range of phenomena, from reflection, diffraction, interference, and polarization in the case of light waves to beats and echoes for sound. All waves, however different, share many of the same features, and, as Goldsmith shows, for all their complexities many of their behaviours are fundamentally simple.

目次: 

1: Waves in essence
2: Water waves
3: Sound waves
4: Seismic waves
5: Biological waves
6: Electromagnetic waves
7: Gravitational waves
8: Quantum waves
Further reading
Index

著者について: 

Mike Goldsmith, Freelance acoustician
 
Dr Mike Goldsmith is both a working scientist and a writer of science books. His main areas of research are astronomy, where he has investigated cosmic dust, supergiant stars, and the substances found in other galaxies, and sound, where he has worked on sound in air and water, the history of noise, and intelligent machinery. Since 1986, Mike has written over fifty papers, reports, and articles about sound, as well as over forty science books for readers ranging in age from toddlers to adults. His books have been published in over twenty countries, with two of his titles being shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Writing.

商品情報

ISBN : 9780198803782

著者: 
Mike Goldsmith
ページ
144 ページ
フォーマット
Paperback
サイズ
111 x 174 mm
刊行日
2018年11月
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Waves: A Very Short Introduction [#590]

Waves: A Very Short Introduction [#590]

Waves: A Very Short Introduction [#590]