Physics in the arts / Pupa Gilbert and Willy Haeberli

By:

Gilbert, Pupa [Author]

Contributor(s):

Haeberli Willy

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Complementary science seriesAmsterdam: Academic Press, 2011Edition: Revised editionDescription: 312 pages : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780123918789

Subject(s):

Music -- Acoustics and physics

LOC classification:

QC220 GIL

Contents:

Introduction Light1: Light and Light Waves2: Reflection and Refraction3: Lenses4: The Eye5: Photography6: Color and Color Vision7: Additive Color Mixing8: Subtractive Color Mixing9: Color Generating Mechanisms Sound10: Periodic Oscillations11: Simple Harmonic Motion12: Damped Oscillations and Resonance13: Adding Sound Sources: Beats and Harmony14: Waves15: Sound Perception16: The Ear17: Vibration of Strings18: Pipes19: Fourier Analysis20: Musical Scales21: Musical Instruments Solutions to Problems

Summary: A deep yet accessible analysis of the physics of light and sound, and how our eyes and ears detect them, is useful to understand the world in which we live, all the phenomena that take place around us, and how we perceive them. This title offers an alternative route to science literacy for those interested in the arts, music and photography.

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Includes index.

A deep yet accessible analysis of the physics of light and sound, and how our eyes and ears detect them, is useful to understand the world in which we live, all the phenomena that take place around us, and how we perceive them. This title offers an alternative route to science literacy for those interested in the arts, music and photography.

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