an introduction Fitzpatrick, Richard 1963- creator author. text flu 2019 Second edition. monographic eng 1 online resource "Emphasizing physics over mathematics, Oscillations and Waves: An Introduction includes many examples from discrete mechanical, optical, and quantum mechanical systems; continuous gases, fluids, and elastic solids; electronic circuits; and electromagnetic waves. The author covers aspects of optics that crucially depend on the wave-like nature of light, such as wave optics. He also introduces the conventional complex representation of oscillations and waves during the discussion of quantum mechanical waves. In the second edition of this successful, class-tested book, the author has added widgets and animations in Python and a large number of new exericses, as well as new content throughout"-- Simple harmonic oscillation -- Damped and driven harmonic oscillation -- Coupled oscillations -- Transverse standing waves -- Longitudinal standing waves -- Traveling waves -- Multi-dimensional waves -- Wave pulses -- Dispersive waves -- Wave optics -- Wave mechanics. Richard Fitzpatrick. Wave-motion, Theory of Oscillations QA935 F48 2018 Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2018] (DLC) 2018012827 9781351063104 1351063103 9781351063098 135106309X 9781351063081 1351063081 9781351063074 1351063073 2019719155 DLC 201016 20201016153316.0 21546140 eng