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Author Pierce, John R. (John Robinson), 1910-2002.

Title Almost all about waves / John R. Pierce.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1974.
Location Call Number Status
 Monograph Collection  QC157 .P45 1974  AVAILABLE
Description x, 213 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The idea of waves -- Sinusiodal waves--their strength and power -- Media and modes -- Phase velocity and group velocity -- Vector and complex representation -- Coupled modes -- Coupled modes--the other solution -- Spatial harmonics and coupling -- Coupling and tapered media -- Waves and forces -- Energy and momentum of waves in a moving medium -- Energy and angular momentum in rotating media -- Parametric amplifiers -- Polarization -- Plane and nearly plane waves -- Antennas and diffraction -- The scalar wave equation -- Radiation -- Retrospect and prospect.
Subject(s) Waves.