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# Covers mechanical, electromagnetic & quantum waves Visual aids simplify complex Fourier concepts 200 pages of concise, clear wave theory A Student's Guide to Waves

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## Key Features

- • **Compact & Portable:** Just ~200 pages with short sections—perfect for learning on the go
- • **Visual Learning Boost:** Rich figures and diagrams make Fourier analysis and wave equations crystal clear
- • **Trusted Academic Source:** Published by Cambridge University Press, highly rated by 215+ readers
- • **Comprehensive Wave Coverage:** From fundamentals to mechanical, electromagnetic, and quantum waves—complete spectrum
- • **Master Waves in Plain English:** Complex wave concepts explained like a story for effortless understanding

## Overview

A Student's Guide to Waves by Daniel Fleisch is a concise, approachable textbook published by Cambridge University Press that demystifies wave theory through clear explanations, visual aids, and practical examples. Spanning ~200 pages, it covers fundamental concepts, wave equations, Fourier analysis, and applications across mechanical, electromagnetic, and quantum waves. Highly rated by over 200 readers, it’s ideal for students and professionals seeking a fast, deep understanding of waves.

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Review: A book for everyone wants to learn waves - 'A Student's Guide to Waves' by Danel Fleisch (he has different student's guides, all very good, check it out), it is such a pleasant reading that I wish I have read it when I first studied waves. I recommend anyone wants to learn waves, or have already learned to go through this book (you will find it you go through it very fast). It is truly a student's guide and if in the future I will teach this subject, I am sure, this will be my class text ^)^ The very nice part of this book is that it explains everything in plain English. All the concepts and equations are explained like reading a story that you just want to follow with the author to understand deeper. Besides, the book is only ~200 pages, and each section is short, makes it a book that you can read anywhere (I actually read this book mostly on the flight or on Bart). The author has very deep understanding of the subject that he gives a lot of the nice explanation that I never read from other books (I am a student in Seismology, I read many books talking about the mechanical waves, but most of the time, I finish the book with more confused view about waves, it took me long time to understand it). This book starts with the fundamentals of waves, concepts like the wavenumber, complex numbers, Euler relations, wavefunctions, etc. are introduced here. These are basics for learning more of the waves. The author did very nice job showing how did these concepts come up, and accompany with the figures, these concepts become very clear. Afterwards, the book talks about the wave equation. How the wave equation derived in a simple way, and why it is the 2nd partial derivative are all nicely explained it here. Also, there are many details in the equations that we often ignore but pointed out by the author which help us to understand better of the subject. Later, the book gives the general solutions to the wave equation and the importance of the boundary conditions. After all these, the Fourier synthesis and Fourier analysis are discussed with the aids of many figures that you will find that the important Fourier synthesis and analysis are really simple and will store into your mind forever. It even talks about the 'uncertainty principle' between the time/frequency domain and the distance/wavenumber domain that dominant many analysis in practice. The last part of the book deals with specific types of waves, i.e. mechanical wave equation, electromagnetic wave equation and the quantum wave equation. Armed with the concepts and equations you learned before, you will find how to apply them to specific types of waves in the real world to address some of the interesting problems. Even though I am a seismologist, and mostly interested in the mechanical waves, but I found the electromagnetic and quantum wave equations are also very interesting. I was so impressed by the way all the nature phenomenon links to wave equation in various forms. Overal, it is a great short book that suitable for beginners or more advanced researchers.
Review: Great book. Excellent presentation by Dr - Great book. Excellent presentation by Dr. Fleisch, as usual. An excellent addition to my technical library Thank you for the excellent delivery service.

## Features

- Cambridge university press

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #357,766 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #188 in Mathematical Physics #28,903 in Higher & Continuing Education Textbooks |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 215 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A book for everyone wants to learn waves
*by C***R on 28 August 2017*

'A Student's Guide to Waves' by Danel Fleisch (he has different student's guides, all very good, check it out), it is such a pleasant reading that I wish I have read it when I first studied waves. I recommend anyone wants to learn waves, or have already learned to go through this book (you will find it you go through it very fast). It is truly a student's guide and if in the future I will teach this subject, I am sure, this will be my class text ^)^ The very nice part of this book is that it explains everything in plain English. All the concepts and equations are explained like reading a story that you just want to follow with the author to understand deeper. Besides, the book is only ~200 pages, and each section is short, makes it a book that you can read anywhere (I actually read this book mostly on the flight or on Bart). The author has very deep understanding of the subject that he gives a lot of the nice explanation that I never read from other books (I am a student in Seismology, I read many books talking about the mechanical waves, but most of the time, I finish the book with more confused view about waves, it took me long time to understand it). This book starts with the fundamentals of waves, concepts like the wavenumber, complex numbers, Euler relations, wavefunctions, etc. are introduced here. These are basics for learning more of the waves. The author did very nice job showing how did these concepts come up, and accompany with the figures, these concepts become very clear. Afterwards, the book talks about the wave equation. How the wave equation derived in a simple way, and why it is the 2nd partial derivative are all nicely explained it here. Also, there are many details in the equations that we often ignore but pointed out by the author which help us to understand better of the subject. Later, the book gives the general solutions to the wave equation and the importance of the boundary conditions. After all these, the Fourier synthesis and Fourier analysis are discussed with the aids of many figures that you will find that the important Fourier synthesis and analysis are really simple and will store into your mind forever. It even talks about the 'uncertainty principle' between the time/frequency domain and the distance/wavenumber domain that dominant many analysis in practice. The last part of the book deals with specific types of waves, i.e. mechanical wave equation, electromagnetic wave equation and the quantum wave equation. Armed with the concepts and equations you learned before, you will find how to apply them to specific types of waves in the real world to address some of the interesting problems. Even though I am a seismologist, and mostly interested in the mechanical waves, but I found the electromagnetic and quantum wave equations are also very interesting. I was so impressed by the way all the nature phenomenon links to wave equation in various forms. Overal, it is a great short book that suitable for beginners or more advanced researchers.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book. Excellent presentation by Dr
*by A***R on 28 February 2017*

Great book. Excellent presentation by Dr. Fleisch, as usual. An excellent addition to my technical library Thank you for the excellent delivery service.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excelente
*by A***O on 25 September 2017*

It's a very useful book for everyone who can take approach for this issue. You only need a very basic knowledge on mathematics to follow in a very pleasantly way all subjects.

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