Physics in the arts / by P.U.P.A. Gilbert.
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TextSeries: Complementary science seriesAmsterdam ; Academic Press, 2022Edition: third editionDescription: xiv, 386 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
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- 9780123918789 :
- QC355.3 .G55 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: light and sound -- Light and light waves -- Reflection and refraction -- Lenses -- The eye -- Photography -- Color and color vision -- Additive color mixing -- Subtractive color mixing -- Color-generating mechanisms -- Periodic oscillations -- Simple harmonic motion -- Damped oscillations and resonance -- Adding sound sources: beats and harmony -- Sound waves -- Sound perception: pitch, loudness, and timbre -- The ear -- Vibrations of strings -- Pipes -- Fourier analysis -- Musical scales -- Musical instruments -- Solutions to problems.
A course on sound and light for non-science majors covering the nature of sound and sound perception; fundamentals of harmony, musical photography, color perception, and color mixing. Easily understood by those with high school algebra and geometry.
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