Litteraure about Waves and Oscillation

[crillegs]

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

 

[marcusl]

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.

 

[crillegs]

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.

 

[marcusl]

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.