Sound: A Very Short Introduction

by Mike Goldsmith

Book Overview

Sound is integral to how we experience the world, in the form of noise as well as music. But what is sound? What is the physical basis of pitch and harmony? And how are sound waves exploited in musical instruments?

In this Very Short Introduction Mike Goldsmith looks at the science of sound and explores sound in different contexts, covering the audible and inaudible, sound underground and underwater, accoustic and electric, and hearing in humans...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198708440
• ISBN13: 9780198708445
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.4" x 6.7"