Acoustics & Sound

Aural Diversity addresses a fundamental methodological challenge in music and soundscape research by considering the nature of hearing as a spectrum of diverse experiences. Bringing together an interdisciplinary array of contributors from the arts,...

The original purpose of Professor Backus's book was to collect and organize the scattered results of research, past and present, in the areas of scientific knowledge that are relevant to music: the physiological properties of sounds; the effect of...

We know how a Shakespeare play sounds when performed today, but what would listeners have heard within the wooden "O" of the Globe Theater in 1599? What sounds would have filled the air in early modern England, and what would these sounds have meant to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486649269Author William C. ElmoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 477Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

This new edition of this standard work adds several new information the book, so that sound engineering and architects can better assess the acoustic value of a Rock and Pop Venue. In particular, new insights to the influence of sound absorbers in...

The aim of this textbook is to provide an overview of nanophotonics, a discipline which was developed around the turn of the millennium. This unique and rapidly evolving subject area is the result of a collaboration between various scientific communities...

Mechanical engineering, an engineering discipline borne of the needs of the industrial revolution, is once again asked to do its substantial share in the call for industrial renewal. The general call is urgent as we face profound issues of productivity...

This open access book highlights the negative and positive health effects of chronic exposure to environmental sound. It describes the state of the art in the field from a public health point of view and puts it in a broad societal perspective looking at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632388896Author Martin HooverFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint NY Research PressPublisher NY Research PressWeight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm) 276mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781998332908Author Dean AamondFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Shop Under Glad DayPublisher Shop Under Glad DayWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765104576Author Joshua DittrichFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

This open access book is an introductory text on the theory of nonlinear acoustics authored by experts on their respective topics. It is written at a level appropriate for a graduate course on nonlinear acoustics, and it also serves as a useful resource...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639897452Author Brock JamesFormat HardbackPage Count 238Imprint States Academic PressPublisher States Academic PressWeight(grams) 844gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635490138Author Triston RodriguezFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Larsen and Keller EducationPublisher Larsen and Keller EducationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781429678384Author Maryellen GregoireFormat PaperbackPage Count 8Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 185mm *...

With this all-in-one manual, students and teachers have an easy-to-read reference that provides a reliable and current rundown of the world of sound production, from planning a recording session to mastering the final product. Organized by four main...

A wide-ranging exploration of the sounds that shape our world in invisible yet significant ways. The crackling of a campfire. The scratch, hiss, and pop of a vinyl record. The first glug of wine as it is poured from a bottle. These are just a few of...

This improved and updated second edition covers the theory, development, and design of electro-acoustic transducers for underwater applications. This highly regarded text discusses the basics of piezoelectric and magnetostrictive transducers that are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999959814Author Clive BentleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Sharps RedmorePublisher Sharps RedmoreWeight(grams) 455gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm *...

The 2 CDs accompanying this book conatains a collection of classical music, which has been proven to aid in physical and emotional healing. The book contains commentary, and Emoto's signature water crystal photographs.About the AuthorMasaru Emoto is an...

Researching Live Music offers an important contribution to the emergent field of live music studies.Featuring paradigmatic case studies, this book is split into four parts, first addressing perspectives associated with production, then promotion and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728259369Author Richard MainwaringFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint SourcebooksPublisher SourcebooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 145mm *...

The Art of Digital Orchestration explores how to replicate traditional orchestration techniques using computer technology, with a focus on respecting the music and understanding when using real performers is still the best choice.Using real-world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932146274Author Robert J UrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 442Imprint Peninsula PublishingPublisher Peninsula PublishingWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416599609Author George Michelsen FoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 295g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262044134Author Karen CollinsFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 187mm * 23mm

Despite its importance as a central feature of musical sounds, timbre has rarely stood in the limelight. First defined in the eighteenth century, denigrated during the nineteenth, the concept of timbre came into its own during the twentieth century and...

This introduction to random variables and signals is intended to provide engineering students with the analytical and computational tools for processing random signals using linear systems. It presents the underlying theory as well as examples and...

This introductory text deals with the physical systems and biological processes that intervene in what we broadly call "music. " We shall analyze what obj- tive, physical properties of sound patterns are associated with what subjective,...

Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles Treating absorption and scattering in equal measure, this self-contained, interdisciplinary study examines and illustrates how small particles absorb and scatter light. The authors emphasize that any...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780965625258Author Michael W RagussaFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint OTSPublisher OTSWeight(grams) 640gDimensions(mm) 280mm * 216mm * 15mm

This book explores the fascinating and intimate relationship between music and physics. Over millennia, the playing of, and listening to music have stimulated creativity and curiosity in people all around the globe. Beginning with the basics, the authors...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578152387Author Herbert G Dorsey, IIIFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Herbert Grove Dorsey IIIPublisher Herbert Grove Dorsey IIIWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932146588Author Leo L BeranekFormat PaperbackPage Count 766Imprint Peninsula PublishingPublisher Peninsula PublishingWeight(grams) 1007g

This book examines the human auditory effects of exposure to directed beams of high-power microwave pulses, which research results have shown can cause a cascade of health events when aimed at a human subject or the subject's head. The book details...

Noise is usually defined as unwanted sound: loud music from a neighbour, the honk of a taxicab, the roar of a supersonic jet. But as Garret Keizer illustrates in this probing examination, noise is as much about what we want as about what we seek to avoid...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949597257Author David RothenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Terra Nova PressPublisher Terra Nova Press

Why You Hear What You Hear is the first book on the physics of sound for the nonspecialist to empower readers with a hands-on, ears-open approach that includes production, analysis, and perception of sound. The book makes possible a deep intuitive...

The book introduces sound waves and uses that model to explain sound-related occurrences. Like the other popular volumes, it is written by irreverent educator Bill Robertson, who offers this Sound recommendation: "One of the coolest activities is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046350Author Peter PesicFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd