Acoustic systems in biology / by Neville H. Fletcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, Neville H., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bioacoustics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a practical guide for researchers and advanced graduate students in biology and biophysics who need a quantitative understanding of acoustical systems such as hearing, sound production, and vibration detection in animals at the physiological level.

Contents:

Contents; Common symbols; 1 PHYSICS, BIOLOGY, AND MATHEMATICS; 2 SIMPLE VIBRATORS; 3 VIBRATION OF STRINGS AND BARS; 4 SENSORY HAIRS AND OTOLITHS; 5 VIBRATION OF MEMBRANES, PLATES, AND SHELLS; 6 ACOUSTIC WAVES; 7 ACOUSTIC SOURCES AND RADIATION; 8 LOW-FREQUENCY NETWORK ANALOGS; 9 LOW-FREQUENCY AUDITORY MODELS; 10 PIPES AND HORNS; 11 HIGH-FREQUENCY AUDITORY MODELS; 12 THE INNER EAR; 13 MECHANICALLY EXCITED SOUND GENERATORS; 14 PNEUMATICALLY EXCITED SOUND GENERATORS; 15 SIGNALS, NOISE, AND INFORMATION; APPENDIXES; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770009-8

1-280-52574-6

9786610525744

0-19-536155-5

1-4294-0110-9

OCLC:

236342705