Waves: A Very Short Introduction

by Mike Goldsmith

We live in a world of waves. The Earth shakes to its foundations, the seas and oceans tremble incessantly, sounds reverberate through land, sea, and air. Beneath the skin, our brains and bodies are awash with waves of their own, and the Universe is filled by a vast spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, of which visible light is the narrowest sliver. Casting the net even wider, there are mechanical waves, quantum wave phenomena, and the now clearly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198803788
• ISBN13: 9780198803782
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 6.8"