Litteraure about Waves and Oscillation

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The discussion focuses on finding literature related to waves and oscillations in physics, particularly for a high school student preparing an essay. The original poster, Christian, seeks recommendations for books that cover topics like the movement of objects on springs, photon behavior, amplitude, frequency, and interference. Suggestions include first-year general physics textbooks, Crawford's Waves from the Berkeley Physics Course, and Marion's Classical Dynamics for more advanced topics. Additionally, an online resource from Light and Matter is highlighted as a suitable option due to its accessible content and minimal mathematics. Overall, the thread provides various resources to aid in understanding waves and oscillations.
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Hi Guys and Girls

Take note that I am not sure if Waves or Oscillation, is the right word to use about this Physics phenomenon. Well the general subject is, what I could translate it to from danish, Waves. From the movement of a object hanging in a spring, and its movements, to the behaviour of a photon, amplitude, frequency, speed, interference. If Waves is the wrong word, I am sure that you know what I mean by now.

I've looked on Amazon.co.uk (because it will be shipped to Denmark), and I found a couple of books, but I've had quite a problem with the websites.

Hope you have something for me

Best Regards

Christian
 
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You don't state your level of math/physics knowledge so here are a variety of offerings.

Any first year general physics book will cover this, spread out in various chapters. Halliday and Resnick is popular.

For a dedicated treatment, I recommend Crawford's book Waves, volume 3 of the 1st year Berkeley Physics Course. It's probably out of print but you can find a used copy at sites like http://www.bookfinder.com" . The book includes a little kit of light polarizers, quarter wave plates, etc.

For springs, vibrating strings, and all things mechanical: Marion, Classical Dynamics. This is a second or third year university level.

Also see Pippard, Vibrations. Volume 1 covers classical phenomena of every sort, Vol. 2 is quantum mechanics.
 
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Oh I am sorry. I am 3rd year in high school, and Physics is on highest level, so we know all the basics about mechanics. Furthermore I have 2 weeks to write my essay.
 
I found this online:
http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1book3.html"
It looks like a nice description, with minimal mathematics, and has the advantage of being immediately available.
 
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