The Physics of Music: Integrating the Technical and Artistic Aspects of Creating Music

這本教科書旨在幫助學生和專業人士理解音樂與物理之間的密切聯繫。讀者不需要具備音樂或物理的先備知識，因為為了理解這種聯繫所需的概念是從頭開始發展的，只使用了基本的代數，並為讀者進行了複習。重點是將物理學與音樂創作以及其對人類的影響相結合。讀者將學習有關音樂的基本結構與聲學概念的關係，不同的樂器組，房間對聲音的影響，以及聲音如何從樂器傳遞到人耳以引起情感反應。這本書配有練習，以提高學生的理解能力，非常適合開設音樂物理學課程，並對STEM學生以及與音樂和聲音工程相關的任何領域的學生、專業人士和愛好者都具有吸引力。

Gordon Ramsey is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Loyola University Chicago. He received a Ph.D. from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1982 and began teaching at Loyola. Gordon was raised in a musical household. His father was a composer and jazz trumpet player and his mother was a church organist and classical pianist. His involvement in music began at five, when his mother gave him piano lessons while his father taught him chord structures. This paralleled his interest in mathematics, which combined well with music training. Gordon began studying the clarinet at ten and played in a championship high school band while in the eighth grade. At age fourteen, his father bought a tenor sax, which became an integral part of Gordon's musical experience. He has played in numerous theater orchestras and jazz bands. He enjoys doing physics and still having the pleasure of music without worrying about where the next "gig" is going to be. He has done musical acoustics research and published with students for the past 20 years.

Gordon Ramsey是芝加哥洛約拉大學的退休物理學教授。他於1982年從伊利諾伊理工學院獲得博士學位，並開始在洛約拉大學任教。Gordon在一個音樂家庭中長大。他的父親是一位作曲家和爵士小號手，母親則是一位教堂風琴師和古典鋼琴家。他五歲時開始接受鋼琴課程，父親則教他和弦結構。這與他對數學的興趣相輔相成，並與音樂訓練相結合。Gordon十歲時開始學習單簧管，並在八年級時加入了一支冠軍高中樂隊。十四歲時，他的父親買了一支次中音薩克斯風，這成為Gordon音樂經驗中不可或缺的一部分。他曾在多個劇院樂團和爵士樂隊演奏。他喜歡從事物理學研究，同時仍然享受音樂的樂趣，而不必擔心下一個演出的地點在哪裡。在過去的20年裡，他一直與學生一起進行音樂聲學研究並發表論文。