Springer Handbook of Acoustics
Acoustics, the science of sound, has developed into a broad interdisciplinary field encompassing the academic disciplines of physics, engineering, psychology, speech, audiology, music, architecture, physiology, neuroscience, and electronics. The Springer
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Handbook Acoustics
Rossing Editor 2nd edition
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Springer Handbook of Acoustics
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Handbook of Acoustics
Thomas D. Rossing (Ed.) 2nd edition With 960 Figures and 90 Tables
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Editor Thomas D. Rossing Stanford University Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Additional material to this book is available at http://extras.springer.com/2014/978-1-4939-0755-7 ISBN: 978-1-4939-0754-0 e-ISBN: 978-1-4939-0755-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-0755-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number:
2014953290
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Preface
A handbook, according to the dictionary, is a book capable of being conveniently carried as a ready reference. Springer has created the Springer series of handbooks on important scientific and technical subjects, and we are happy that they have included acoustics in this category. We published the