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Author Fletcher, Neville H. (Neville Horner)

Title Acoustic systems in biology / Neville H. Fletcher
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 333 pages) : illustrations
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
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
Analysis Animals Hearing Acoustics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Bioacoustics.
Sound.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
Bioacoustics
Sound
Form Electronic book
LC no. 91037413
ISBN 1429401109
9781429401104
0195361555
9780195361551
9780195069402
0195069404
1280525746
9781280525742