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Springer handbook of acoustics
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London : Springer, 2007
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xxiv, 1182 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (12 cm.)
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9780387304465

9780387304250
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Acoustics, the science of sound, has developed into a broad interdisciplinary field encompassing the academic disciplines of physics, engineering, psychology, speech, audiology, music, architecture, physiology, neuroscience, and others. Here is an unparalleled modern handbook reflecting this richly interdisciplinary nature edited by one of the acknowledged masters in the field, Thomas Rossing. Researchers and students benefit from the comprehensive contents spanning: animal acoustics including infrasound and ultrasound, environmental noise control, music and human speech and singing, physiological and psychological acoustics, architectural acoustics, physical and engineering acoustics, medical acoustics, and ocean acoustics. This handbook reviews the most important areas of acoustics, with emphasis on current research. The authors of the various chapters are all experts in their fields. Each chapter is richly illustrated with figures and tables.


Author Notes

Thomas Rossing received a BA 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.

Professor Rossing is a citizen of the World. He has been a visiting professor at Edinburgh University (Scotland), University of New England (Australia), Seoul National University (Korea), and Stanford University. He has been a guest researcher at the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), Institute for Perception Research (The Netherlands), Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany), Clarendon Laboratory (England), Fraunhofer Institut (Germany), Stanford University, Massachusetts Instiute of Technology, University of California San Diego, and Argonne National Laboratory.

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 350 publications (including 15 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.


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This handbook is an excellent addition to the acoustics literature, with 28 chapters written by 33 authors who, along with the editor, are internationally known for their contributions. The chapters are classified into eight parts: "Propagation of Sound," "Physical and Nonlinear Acoustics," "Architectural Acoustics," "Hearing and Signal Processing," "Music, Speech and Electro-acoustics," "Biological and Medical Acoustics," "Structural Acoustics and Noise," and "Engineering Acoustics." The handbook nicely covers both basics and advances in several areas of acoustics. Several chapters provide good mathematical depth, making the handbook useful as a research and technical resource. There are detailed contents, exhaustive references at the end of each chapter, and clear figures and tables. The volume covers most of the important topics in acoustics, including recent advances. The accompanying CD-ROM provides the entire handbook and a large number of audio and video files, making it easy to use effectively in a classroom. Overall, a very useful educational and research resource. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. M. G. Prasad Stevens Institute of Technology


Table of Contents

Introduction to Acoustics
History of Acoustics
General Linear Acoustics
Sound Propagation in the Atmosphere
Underwater Acoustics
Physical Acoustics
Thermoacoustics
Nonlinear Acoustics
Performance and Assembly Hall Acoustics
Concert Hall Acoustics
Subjective preference theory
Building Acoustics
Physiological Acoustics
Psychoacoustics
Acoustic Signal Processing
Musical Acoustics
Speech and Singing
Electronic and Computer Music
Audio and Electroacoustics
Animal Bioacoustics
Cetacean Acoustics
Medical Acoustics
Structural Acoustics and Vibration
Noise
Microphones and their Calibration
Microphone Arrays
Sound Intensity
Acoustic Holography
Optical Methods for Acoustics and Vibration
Modal Analysis
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