Physics in the Arts, Third Edition gives science enthusiasts and liberal arts students an engaging, accessible exploration of physical phenomena, particularly with regard to sound and light. This book offers an alternative route to science literacy for those interested in the arts, music and photography. Suitable for a typical course on sound and light for non-science majors, Gilbert and Haeberli’s trusted text covers the nature of sound and sound perception as well as important concepts and topics such as light and light waves, reflection and refraction, lenses, the eye and the ear, photography, color and color vision, and additive and subtractive color mixing.
Additional sections cover color generating mechanisms, periodic oscillations, simple harmonic motion, damped oscillations and resonance, vibration of strings, Fourier analysis, musical scales and musical instruments.
1. Introduction - p. iii 2. Acknowledgments - p. xiii 3. List of Illustrations - p. xiii 4. List of Tables - p. xiii 5. Kapitel 1: Light and light waves - p. xiii 6. Kapitel 2: Reflection and refraction - p. 12 7. Kapitel 3: Lenses - p. 42 8. Kapitel 4: The human eye - p. 68 9. Kapitel 5: Photography - p. 76 10. Kapitel 6: Color and color vision - p. 99 11. Kapitel 7: Additive color mixing - p. 125 12. Kapitel 8: Subtractive color mixing - p. 145 13. Kapitel 9: Color-generating mechanisms - p. 168 14. Kapitel 10: Sound waves - p. 184 15. Kapitel 11: Simple harmonic motion - p. 201 16. Kapitel 12: Damping and resonance - p. 216 17. Kapitel 13: Vibration of strings - p. 227 18. Kapitel 14: Waves in pipes - p. 244 19. Kapitel 15: Superposition, beats, and harmony - p. 255 20. Kapitel 16: Musical scales - p. 270 21. Kapitel 17: Fourier analysis - p. 284 22. Kapitel 18: Musical instruments - p. 298 23. Kapitel 19: Sound perception: timbre, loudness, and pitch - p. 310 24. Kapitel 20: The ear - p. 319 25. Kapitel 21: Solutions to all questions - p. 329 26. Kapitel 22: Formulae, constants, and useful physical data - p. 365 27. Index - p. 376
Physics in the Arts, Third Edition gives science enthusiasts and liberal arts students an engaging, accessible exploration of physical phenomena, particularly with regard to sound and light. This book offers an alternative route to science literacy for those interested in the arts, music and photography. Suitable for a typical course on sound and light for non-science majors, Gilbert and Haeberli’s trusted text covers the nature of sound and sound perception as well as important concepts and topics such as light and light waves, reflection and refraction, lenses, the eye and the ear, photography, color and color vision, and additive and subtractive color mixing.
Additional sections cover color generating mechanisms, periodic oscillations, simple harmonic motion, damped oscillations and resonance, vibration of strings, Fourier analysis, musical scales and musical instruments.
1. Introduction - p. iii 2. Acknowledgments - p. xiii 3. List of Illustrations - p. xiii 4. List of Tables - p. xiii 5. Kapitel 1: Light and light waves - p. xiii 6. Kapitel 2: Reflection and refraction - p. 12 7. Kapitel 3: Lenses - p. 42 8. Kapitel 4: The human eye - p. 68 9. Kapitel 5: Photography - p. 76 10. Kapitel 6: Color and color vision - p. 99 11. Kapitel 7: Additive color mixing - p. 125 12. Kapitel 8: Subtractive color mixing - p. 145 13. Kapitel 9: Color-generating mechanisms - p. 168 14. Kapitel 10: Sound waves - p. 184 15. Kapitel 11: Simple harmonic motion - p. 201 16. Kapitel 12: Damping and resonance - p. 216 17. Kapitel 13: Vibration of strings - p. 227 18. Kapitel 14: Waves in pipes - p. 244 19. Kapitel 15: Superposition, beats, and harmony - p. 255 20. Kapitel 16: Musical scales - p. 270 21. Kapitel 17: Fourier analysis - p. 284 22. Kapitel 18: Musical instruments - p. 298 23. Kapitel 19: Sound perception: timbre, loudness, and pitch - p. 310 24. Kapitel 20: The ear - p. 319 25. Kapitel 21: Solutions to all questions - p. 329 26. Kapitel 22: Formulae, constants, and useful physical data - p. 365 27. Index - p. 376
