The Physics of Music and Color

• Main Author: Gunther, Leon (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Physics.; Acoustics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Acoustical engineering.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Engineering Acoustics.; Physics, general.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

The Physics of Music and Color deals with two subjects, music and color - sound and light in the physically objective sense - in a single volume. The basic underlying physical principles of the two subjects overlap greatly: both music and color are manifestations of wave phenomena, and commonalities...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introductory Remarks
• The Vibrating String
• The Vibrating Air Column
• Energy
• Electricity, Magnetism, and Electromagnetic Waves
• The Atom as a Source of Light
• The Principle of Superposition
• Propagation Phenomena
• The Ear
• Psychoacoustics
• Tuning, Intonation, and Temperament - Chooising Frequencies for Musican Notes
• The Eye
• Characterizing Light Sources, Color Filters and Pigments
• Theory of Color Vision
• Appendices.