Gebundenes Buch

Springer Handbook of Acoustics

Beschreibung

This Springer Handbook reviews the most important areas of acoustics, with emphasis on current research. This new edition features over 11 revised and expanded chapters, new illustrations, and two new chapters covering microphone arrays and acoustic emission.

Autor

Thomas Rossing received a B.A. from Luther College and MS and PhD degrees in physics from Iowa State University. After three years as a research physicist with the UNIVAC Division of Sperry Rand, he joined the faculty of St. Olaf College (Minnesota), where he was professor of physics for 14 years and chaired the department for 6 years. Since 1971 he has been a professor of physics at Northern Illinois University. He was named distinguished Research Professor in 1987 and Professor Emeritus in 2002. He is presently a Visiting Professor of Music at Stanford University. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Acoustical Society of America, IEEE, and AAAS. He was awarded the Silver Medal in Musical Acoustics by ASA and the Robert A. Millikan Medal by the American Association of Physics Teachers. He was a Sigma Xi National Lecturer 1984-87 and a visiting exchange scholar in China in 1988. He is the author of more than 400 publications (including 17 books, 9 U.S. and 11 foreign patents), mainly in acoustics, magnetism, environmental noise control and physics education. His areas of research have included musical acoustics, psychoacoustics, speech and singing, vibration analysis, magnetic levitation, surface effects in fusion reactors, spin waves in metals and physics education.   

Produktdetails

• Springer Handbooks
• Verlag: Springer / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 80030116, 978-1-4939-0754-0
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 1286
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 199mm x 55mm
• Gewicht: 2552g
• ISBN-13: 9781493907540
• ISBN-10: 1493907549
• Artikelnr.: 40488507