The Music of Physics (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | George N Gibson | knygos.lt

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This textbook is written for a very specific purpose and audience: It serves as a breadth requirement for a general education program at the college level for non-science majors. It is intended to satisfy a science-and-technology, quantitative-reasoning, and, optionally, a lab requirement. It is also suitable for an introductory course at the high school level. Music is an excellent medium to introduce physics to novice scientists, as it provides an intuitive understanding of the physics of waves, unlike standard approaches to physics, which can be quite unintuitive and, hence, frustrating. While there are no mathematical derivations in the text, labs, most of which can be performed by students with readily available materials, are provided to verify every concept and equation in the book. Unlike many introductory texts on the physics of music, the book is not restricted to purely musical topics. Each topic is carefully chosen to relate to broader principles applicable to other areas of physics or technology. This is not meant to be a highly technical treatise on sound and musical instruments, which is not suitable for a general education course. Rather, it shows deep connections between waves and many areas of modern physics to make the text engaging and relevant to the students.