Sounds of Our Times

Two Hundred Years of Acoustics

Robert T. Beyer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

444 Seiten

2012 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4612-6799-7 (ISBN)

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But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near. Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) In writing this book, I acknowledge two important predecessors. In 1930, Professor Dayton C. Miller, of Case Institute, wrote his Anecdotal History of Acoustics, which followed mainly the individual work of a hundred or so acousticians, up to about 1930. And in 1978, Origins in Acoustics by Profes sor F.V. ("Ted") Hunt of Harvard appeared. Professor Hunt had not com pleted his book at the time of his death in 1972, but portions of it were published posthumously under the editorship of Professor Robert Apfel of Yale. This book begins roughly where the published portions of Hunt's work left off-the period at the beginning of the nineteenth century-and moves forward into the modern era. Because of the vast amount of acoustical research in this period, the personal and anecdotal style of Professor Miller's book did not seem appropriate. On the other hand, my age sug gested to me that I might have not have the time for pursuing the intense but time-consuming scholarship of Professor Hunt (note the quotation above). I have therefore tried to steer a middle course between Miller and Hunt, and have also relied more on secondary sources.

1 The State of Acoustics in 1800.- 2 Acoustics 1800–1850.- 3 von Helmholtz and Tyndall.- 4 Lord Rayleigh and his Book.- 5 Inventors to the Fore!.- 6 The Last Half of the Nineteenth Century.- 7 The Twentieth Century: The First Quarter.- 8 The Second Quarter of the Twentieth Century.- 9 The Third Quarter: 1950–1975.- 10 Acoustics: 1975–1995 and Beyond. Fin de siècle—Again.- Book Reviews.- Name Index.

Zusatzinfo	XVI, 444 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
ISBN-10	1-4612-6799-4 / 1461267994
ISBN-13	978-1-4612-6799-7 / 9781461267997
Zustand	Neuware