"Almost All About Waves" by John R. Pierce
"Almost All About Waves" by John R. Pierce
Second Printing
МIТ Press | 1981 | ISBN: 026266027X 0262160552 9780262660273 | 222 pages | PDF | 11 MB
Second Printing
МIТ Press | 1981 | ISBN: 026266027X 0262160552 9780262660273 | 222 pages | PDF | 11 MB
This text considers waves the great unifying concept of physics. The book presents waves in all their manifestations and realizations, a subject that perfectly joins basic science and everyday reality. The book brings a diffuse and difficult subject within reach of nonspecialized readers.
The book considers waves in the most general light as one of the great unifying concepts of physics. This approach will allow the reader to comprehend an almost unlimited array of specific phenomena: "Modern physics is full of waves" Pierce writes.
Contents
Foreword
1 The Idea of Waves
2 Sinusoidal Waves-Their Strength and Power
3 Media and Modes
4 Phase Velocity and Group Velocity
5 Vector and Complex Representation
6 Coupled Modes
7 Coupled Modes-The Other Solution
8 Spatial Harmonics and Coupling
9 Coupling and Tapered Media
10 Waves and Forces
11 Energy and Momentum of Waves in a Moving Medium
12 Energy and Angular Momentum in Rotating Media
13 Parametric Amplifiers
14 Polarization
15 Plane and Nearly Plane Waves
16 Antennas and Diffraction
17 The Scalar Wave Equation
18 Radiation
19 Retrospect and Prospect
Index
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