Waves

Waves
Author: Mike Goldsmith
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2018
Genre: Wave mechanics
ISBN: 0198803788


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From sound waves to gravitational waves, and from waves of light to crashing rollers on the ocean, Mike Goldsmith explores the fundamental features shared by all waves in the natural world, and considers the range of phenomena resulting from wave motion, including reflection, diffraction, and polarization in light, and beats and echoes in sound.


Waves
Language: en
Pages: 161
Authors: Mike Goldsmith
Categories: Wave mechanics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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From sound waves to gravitational waves, and from waves of light to crashing rollers on the ocean, Mike Goldsmith explores the fundamental features shared by al
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Language: en
Pages: 152
Authors: Ian A. Walmsley
Categories: Light
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Language: en
Pages: 177
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Categories: History
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