内容简介
Landmarkbookbyleadingexpert,hailedforitsastonishinglyclear,delightfullyreadableexplicationofeverythingacousticalimportanttomusic-making."Comprehensive...rigorous...well-organized...willsurelybethetextofchoice."—AmericanScientist."Recommendedformusicloversandaudiophiles"—StereoReview.Over300illustrations.Examples,experimentsandquestionsconcludeeachchapter.
作者简介
TheScienceofSoundArthurH.BenadedevelopedhisinterestintheacousticsofmusicalinstrumentsgrowingupinLahore(BritishIndia,nowPakistan)wherehisfatherwasaneducator.HisinterestinacousticscontinuedtogrowasheearnedaPhDinPhysicsatWashingtonUniversityinSt.LouisandjoinedthefacultyofCaseInstituteofTechnology,nowCaseWesternReserveUniversityinCleveland,Ohio,asanuclearphysicist.TheturningpointcamewhenthePhysicalScienceStudyCommitteecommissionedhimtowritetheinfluentialconcisetext,Horns,StringsandHarmony,whichAnchorBookslaunchedasamassmarket–sizedpaperbackin1960andwhichDoverreprintedin1992.Knowntohaveinspiredgenerationsofteachers,thisclearandthoughtfulstudyhassoldmorethan150,000copiesinalleditionsandhasbeentranslatedintoseverallanguages.InthedecadefollowingtheappearanceofHorns,StringsandHarmony,Benadecompletedhismoreextensivetext,FundamentalsofMusicalAcoustics,firstpublishedbyOxfordUniversityPressin1976andreprintedbyDoverin1996.Inadditiontohistwobooks,Benadewrotemorethan100technicalpapers,contributedtomanysymposia,andlecturedonacousticsallovertheworld.Hisrangewasfar-reaching.Titlesofhisscholarlypapersinclude"MathematicalTheoryofWoodwindFingerHoles,""Resonance-AbsorptionCrossSectionofaPipeOrgan,"and"Spherical-WaveApproximationinHorns:MeasuredandCalculated."ArthurBenadediedin1988attheageof62,oneofthetwentiethcentury'sseminalfiguresintheworldofacousticalresearch.,,
