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商品描述
Most books concerned with physics and music take an approach that puts physical theory before application. Consequently, these works tend to dampen aesthetic fascination with preludes burdened by an overabundance of algebraic formulae. In Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music Third Edition, Ian Johnston a professor of astrophysics and a connoisseur of music, offers an informal historical approach that shows the evolution of both theory and application at the intersection of physics and music. Exceptionally accessible, insightful, and now updated to consider modern technology and recent advances, the new edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling classic --
- Features a greater examination of psycho-acoustics and its role in the design of MP3s
- Includes expanded information on the gamelan and other Asian percussion instruments
- Introduces detailed discussions of binary notation, digitization, and electronic manipulation of music
We believe that order exists, and we look for it. In that respect the aims of science and of music are identical--the desire to find harmony. And surely, without that very human desire, science would be a cold and sterile undertaking.
With myriad illustrations and historical anecdotes, this volume will delight those student required to approach this topic from either a physics and music concentration, as well as anyone who is fascinated with concepts of harmony expressed in nature, as well as in the instruments and composition of human expression's purest form.
A complementary website provides sound files, further reading, and instructional support.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
大多數與物理和音樂相關的書籍採取將物理理論置於應用之前的方式。因此，這些作品往往會因過多的代數公式而削弱對前奏的美學吸引力。在《Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music 第三版》中，天體物理學教授兼音樂鑑賞家伊恩·約翰斯頓（Ian Johnston）提供了一種非正式的歷史方法，展示了物理與音樂交匯處理論和應用的演變。這本書極其易讀、富有洞察力，並且已更新以考慮現代技術和最近的進展，這本備受好評且暢銷的經典新版本--
- 更深入地探討了心理聲學及其在MP3設計中的角色
- 包含有關甘美蘭（gamelan）和其他亞洲打擊樂器的擴展資訊
- 介紹了二進位記譜、數位化和音樂的電子操作的詳細討論
我們相信秩序的存在，並尋求它。在這方面，科學和音樂的目標是相同的——尋求和諧的願望。毫無疑問，沒有這種非常人性的渴望，科學將是一項冷漠而無生氣的事業。
這本書包含無數插圖和歷史轶事，將使那些需要從物理和音樂的角度接觸這一主題的學生感到愉悅，還有任何對自然中表達的和諧概念以及人類表達最純粹形式的樂器和作曲感到著迷的人。
一個互補的網站提供音頻檔案、進一步閱讀和教學支持。
作者簡介
Ian Johnston spent his early years on a pineapple farm in southern Queensland, studied physics and mathematics at the Universities of Queensland and Sydney, and was appointed to a lecturing position at the University of Sydney in the late 1960s. He has been there ever since until he retired in 2001, except for two separate years in the U.S. at Cornell and Maryland Universities and one year in England at the Open University.
His early research work was in theoretical astrophysics, but lately he has become interested in research into physics education, with particular emphasis on the role to be played by computers and other forms of information technology. He has written a deal of educational software as a member of several international consortiums, most notably the Maryland University Project in Physics and Educational Technology (M.U.P.P.E.T.) and the Consortium for Upper-Level Physics Software (CUPS). His interest in acoustics and music has been with him all his working life.
In 1989 he made a series of six programs on Australian national radio, devoted to physics and music. It was from those programs that the idea of this book first arose. He has also made programs on other subjects of general interest, including astronomy and religion, science fiction and pseudo-science.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
伊恩·約翰斯頓（Ian Johnston）在昆士蘭州南部的一個鳳梨農場度過了他的早年，並在昆士蘭大學和悉尼大學學習物理和數學。他於1960年代末被任命為悉尼大學的講師，並一直在那裡工作，直到2001年退休，期間除了在美國的康奈爾大學和馬里蘭大學各待了兩年外，還有一年在英國的開放大學。
他早期的研究工作集中在理論天體物理學，但最近他對物理教育的研究產生了興趣，特別強調計算機和其他信息技術形式所扮演的角色。他作為幾個國際聯盟的成員，撰寫了大量的教育軟體，最著名的包括馬里蘭大學物理與教育技術計畫（M.U.P.P.E.T.）和高級物理軟體聯盟（CUPS）。他對聲學和音樂的興趣伴隨著他整個職業生涯。
在1989年，他在澳大利亞國家廣播電台製作了一系列六個節目，專注於物理和音樂。正是從這些節目中首次產生了這本書的構思。他還製作了其他一般性興趣的節目，包括天文學和宗教、科幻小說和偽科學。
