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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810570803321

Autore

Fletcher Neville H (Neville Horner)

Titolo

Acoustic systems in biology / / by Neville H. Fletcher [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-770009-8

1-280-52574-6

9786610525744

0-19-536155-5

1-4294-0110-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Disciplina

591.19/14

Soggetti

Bioacoustics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.