Vibrations and Waves / Edition 1

After careful analysis of objectives and the problems involved, preliminary versions of textbooks were prepared, tested through classroom use at M.I.T. and other institutions, re-evaluated, rewritten, and tried again. Only then were the final manuscripts undertaken.

ISBN-13: 9780393099362

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Norton - W. W. & Company - Inc.

Publication Date: 01-17-1971

Pages: 330

Product Dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.60(d)

Series: M.I.T. Introductory Physics

Anthony Philip French (November 19, 1920 – February 3, 2017) was a British professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was born in Brighton, England. French was a graduate of Cambridge University, receiving his B.A. in 1942 and Ph.D. in 1948, both in physics. In 1942, he began working on the British effort to build an atomic bomb (codenamed Tube Alloys) at the Cavendish Laboratory.

Table of Contents

1 Periodic motions 2 The superposition of periodic motions 3 The free vibrations of physical system 4 Forced vibrations and resonance 5 Coupled oscillators and normal modes 6 Normal modes of continuous systems. Fourier analysis 7 Progressive Waves 8 Boundary effects and interference