A Book of Waves—Stefan Helmreich (Durham, NC, USA: Duke Univ. Press, 2023, 411 pp.)

IF 2.1 4区 工程技术 Q3 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
Carl Wunsch
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The Oxford English Dictionary lists eight distinct meanings for the noun “wave” and 10 for the verb form. Physical phenomena of waves, as known by scientists and engineers, are ubiquitous and include those on water surfaces, in sound, seismology, clouds, electromagnetism, cosmic gravitational radiation, in sand, and so on. In the conventional technical sense, waves almost always have some mathematically stated connection between the wavelength (distance between crests), the phase speed (or frequency), and, sometimes, the amplitude. Various exceptions are known, including solitary waves (solitons) and shock waves. Often the waves are mere propagators of motion, but in other cases, they can transport material as well. With the evolution of the English language, the term “wave” has been invoked to describe a huge variety of phenomena ranging from waves of disease, disorder, and emotion, to hair (“permanent waves”), to crowd behavior in stadiums, to “waving” goodbye, to the World War II women's military WAVES, to the titles of novels—for example, from Virginia Woolf.
波之书--斯特凡-赫尔姆莱希(美国北卡罗来纳州达勒姆:杜克大学出版社,2023 年,411 页)
牛津英语词典》为名词 "波 "列出了 8 个不同的含义,为动词形式列出了 10 个不同的含义。科学家和工程师所了解的波的物理现象无处不在,包括水面、声音、地震学、云、电磁学、宇宙引力辐射、沙子等等。在传统技术意义上,波几乎总是在波长(波峰之间的距离)、相位速度(或频率),有时还有振幅之间存在某种数学上的联系。已知的例外情况有很多,包括孤波(solitons)和冲击波。通常情况下,波只是运动的传播者,但在其他情况下,波也可以传输物质。随着英语语言的演变,"波 "一词被用来描述各种各样的现象,从疾病、混乱和情绪的波,到头发("永久波"),到体育场中的人群行为,到 "挥手 "告别,到第二次世界大战中的女兵波,到小说的标题--例如弗吉尼亚-伍尔夫的小说。
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IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 工程技术-工程:电子与电气
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3.00
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13.60%
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72
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>12 weeks
期刊介绍: IEEE Technology and Society Magazine invites feature articles (refereed), special articles, and commentaries on topics within the scope of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, in the broad areas of social implications of electrotechnology, history of electrotechnology, and engineering ethics.
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