Product Description
Although the science of acoustics is fundamental to the art of music, relatively few musicians understand the scientific properties of musical sound.The original purpose of Professor Backus's book was to collect and organize the scattered results of research, past and present, in the areas of scientific knowledge that are relevant to music: the physiological properties of sounds; the effect of acoustical environment; the acoustical behavior of musical instruments; and the various applications of electronics and computers to the production, reproduction, and composition of music. The aims and organization of the second edition remain the same; the results are more complete and up-to-date. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Great introductory textbook for college students on acoustic
Dr. Backus is a professor of physics but also a pianist and has a deep appreciation of both the intricacies of physics and the relationship of physical phenomena to musical instruments. This is a superb text forcollege music majors or physics majors although the latter would bedisappointed by the lack of equations and obvious attempts to suit the bookto music majors. I am a semi professional musician and found that this textsatisfied much of my perpetual inquisitiveness about acustical instrumentsand how they work. ... Read more

Product Description
In volume one of his epic post-apocalyptic adventure saga, master storyteller John Phillip Backus brings this not-so-distant vision of the future to life with intriguing characters, gifted narrative, believable settings and mythic heroes and villains. Driven by a riveting storyline brilliantly illustrated by Asheville, NC artist, Chad Schoenauer, the author weaves his linguistic magic until the reader is utterly immersed in this brave new world and dare not fail to turn the next page for fear of missing out. On his own in the Wyoming wilderness, fourteen years after the End War and its aftermath nearly wiped out the human race, self-exiled survivor, Hunter Macintosh, is suddenly faced with more than he bargained for-three sisters and a child crossing the uncharted wilds alone. Suspicious at first, Hunter soon discovers they've traveled more than three hundred miles to find him, at the request of their father, Adam Planchet-Hunter's former commander and comrade-in-arms-whose besieged Colorado community is at risk of being overrun by lawless hordes! Honor-bound by a pledge made many years earlier, Hunter agrees to return with Elise Planchet to help turn the tide before all is lost. Set against the majestic backdrop of the North American Rockies, Hunter - After The Fall is an engrossing tale of adventure, betrayal and hope, where the true character of an individual is thoroughly tested and the outcome uncertain at best. Join Hunter and Elise as they battle bands of outlaws, enraged grizzlies, numbing blizzards, armed militias and their own stubborn hearts in an epic tale of good-versus-evil in a potential future all too easy to conceive!

... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

A different kind of post-apocalyptic adventure
First of all, I have to say that I am a HUGE fan of the post-apocalyptic genre.I devour every PA book, movie or game I can get my hands on.When I picked up the Kindle version of Hunter - After The Fall, I thought I knew what to expect; your average "man against the dregs of the post-nuclear wasteland" story.That preconception didn't stay with me very long.

Hunter is a hard book to pigeon hole.Is it a post-apocalyptic adventure? Yes.Does it rely on the same PA plot devices that most books of this genre do; not really.Actually, Hunter is more of a wilderness adventure book that just happens to be set in post-nuclear war America.Hunter is the kind of story that would have been just as compelling if it was set in the Alaskan wilderness of the mid 1850s, or on the American frontier during the westward expansion of the early 1800s.

Two things set Hunter - After The Fall apart from other books of this genre: deep character development and a rich, expansive world.

During the course of the story, I got to know Hunter Macintosh, Elise Planchet and the rest of the cast on a personal level.I understood their motivations; I actually cared what happened to them.Having read many stories in which I was actually relieved when a supporting character bit the dust, this was refreshing.

My favorite aspect of Hunter was the depth of the world that Backus has created.It's obvious that there is so much more happening just off screen than we get to read about in this book.I love reading a story that has references to things happening in other parts of the world, or with other people, or organizations.After reading Hunger, I can't wait to see what's happening on the Northwest coast, and find out who are The Old Ones.

I enthusiastically recommend Hunter - After The Fall to anybody who loves a well-crafted adventure story.This is a book that makes you wish for a rainy day, a roaring fire, and a comfortable sofa.

Hunter has it all!
I was pulled into the story right from the start, it continues to evolve and makes you want more when you're finished.Bring on "The Gathering"!N. Guarino,

For the young reader
This book seems to be written for a younger reader.There is a nice story line but it has no "grit".It plods along in a very predictable fashion and by the end of the book you just want it to be over.

A great adventure!
Writer John Phillip Backus grabs you roughly by the arm and pulls you into this exciting story of the future world, where only the toughest (and the strangest) manage to survive.Whether it be the way a horse's lips twitch when it's hungry or the way an axe cleaves off a man's arm, this writer's special gift for description transports his readers into scenes of epic gorgeousness, intense and brutal action, or tender thoughtfulness, with ease.

The interesting and unexpected twists in the tale keep readers' fingers busy, turning pages.Also, the development of the romance between the male and female characters--based on respect and admiration for one another--is remarkably satisfying and a nice change!While the main characters are as ruggedly handsome or charmingly winsome and feisty as one mighty expect for this genre, all of the characters are well wrought.These are bad guys we can understand!You almost feel sorry for them as they get their just deserts (and boy, do they ever get their just deserts...).

But the most compelling aspect of the writing is the author's ability to infuse the adventure with the sensibilities of his main character, Hunter.He is a likeable, responsible hero who makes us hungry for the next book in this series!

Must Read! You will LOVE this book!
Hunter - After the Fall is destined to become an instant classic in the genre of post-apocalyptic science fiction. If you like post-apocalyptic sci-fi, you will LOVE Hunter! ... Read more

Product Description
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

Product Description
Chapters: John Backus, Thomas Mckean, Thomas F. Bayard, Randy White, John P. Marquand, John Dickinson, Tom Carper, Bob Marley, Michael Castle, Louis Mclane, Jill Biden, Caesar A. Rodney, John Mckinly, James A. Bayard, Caleb P. Bennett, D. Jeffrey Wright, the Spinto Band, Beau Biden, Gunning Bedford, Jr., Christine O'donnell, Anthony Spadaccini, Willard Hall, T. Coleman Du Pont, Mehmet Oz, Walter W. Bacon, Preston Lea, Susan Stroman, Elisabeth Shue, Robert Milligan Mclane, Pat Kenney, John J. Milligan, Rick Wagoner, Mark Eaton, Valerie Bertinelli, Outerbridge Horsey, Phineas Banning, George Thorogood, Tom Verlaine, Cisco Houston, Charles L. Copeland, David Plouffe, James A. Bayard, Jr., George Gray, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Samuel White, Thomas F. Bayard, Jr., Charles R. Miller, Robert P. Robinson, George R. Riddle, L. Irving Handy, Alfred Lee, Clifford Brown, Daniel O. Hastings, John C. Carney, Jr., Stephen Marley, Richard H. Bayard, Philip A. Traynor, Thomas W. Miller, Wilbur L. Adams, Sara Dylan, Alexis I. Du Pont Bayard, Ann Althouse, Walt Hazzard, Richard C. Mcmullen, Willard Saulsbury, Jr., Ellen J. Kullman, Harry G. Haskell, Jr., Howard Pyle, Raúl Esparza, Herbert B. Warburton, Judge Reinhold, Albert F. Polk, John T. Chain, Jr., James M. Broom, Cynthia Rothrock, Franklin Brockson, Thomas J. Capano, J. George Stewart, William H. Heald, Richard B. Weldon, Jr., Daniel Nathans, Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis, Anthony Higgins, Wes Curry, Ed Oliver, Joey Graham, Mary Ann Shadd, John Gallagher, Jr., Andrew Shue, James C. Van Sice, Sean Patrick Thomas, Matthew Shipp, John Wales, Alice M. Batchelder, Jerry Northington, Jessica Darlin, Daniel C. Dicriscio, Will Ludwigsen, Thomas Alfred Smyth, Thomas Garrett, Anthony Anderson, Marshall Kirk Mckusick, Brickhouse Brown, Henry Milligan, Pat Williams, Bulldog Brower, Macdonald Benson, Ted Lefevre, Victor Delcampo, Clyde Bishop, John Hathorn, John Mabry, Aubrey Plaza, Kathleen Widdo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=519482 ... Read more

Product Description
Chapters: People From Dover, Delaware, People From Milford, Delaware, People From Wilmington, Delaware, John Backus, Thomas Mckean, Thomas F. Bayard, Randy White, John P. Marquand, John Dickinson, Tom Carper, Bob Marley, Michael Castle, Louis Mclane, Jill Biden, Thomas Clayton, Richard Bassett, Ruth Ann Minner, Caesar A. Rodney, John Mckinly, John M. Clayton, James A. Bayard, John M. Vining, Caleb P. Bennett, Joel Rakes, D. Jeffrey Wright, the Spinto Band, Beau Biden, Henry Molleston, Joseph Haslet, Charles L. Terry, Jr., James Sykes, Gunning Bedford, Jr., Christine O'donnell, Anthony Spadaccini, Willard Hall, Henry M. Ridgely, John Patten, T. Coleman Du Pont, Mehmet Oz, Walter W. Bacon, Gove Saulsbury, William Burton, Preston Lea, Susan Stroman, Peter F. Causey, Elisabeth Shue, William D. Denney, Robert Milligan Mclane, J. Frank Allee, Pat Kenney, John J. Milligan, Rick Wagoner, Mark Eaton, Valerie Bertinelli, Outerbridge Horsey, James D. Mcginnis, Simeon S. Pennewill, Phineas Banning, George Thorogood, George P. Fisher, Tom Verlaine, Cisco Houston, Charles L. Copeland, J. Allen Frear, Jr., David Plouffe, James A. Bayard, Jr., George Gray, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, William T. Watson, Samuel White, Thomas F. Bayard, Jr., Charles R. Miller, Josiah O. Wolcott, William H. Boyce, Robert P. Robinson, George R. Riddle, L. Irving Handy, Alfred Lee, Clifford Brown, Daniel O. Hastings, John C. Carney, Jr., Stephen Marley, Eli M. Saulsbury, John W. Houston, Richard H. Bayard, Philip A. Traynor, Thomas W. Miller, Wilbur L. Adams, Sara Dylan, Alexis I. Du Pont Bayard, Martin W. Bates, Ann Althouse, Walt Hazzard, Earle D. Willey, Richard C. Mcmullen, George Sykes, Willard Saulsbury, Jr., Ellen J. Kullman, Harry G. Haskell, Jr., Howard Pyle, Raúl Esparza, Nathaniel B. Smithers, Herbert B. Warburton, Judge Reinhold, Joseph P. Comegys, Albert F. Polk, John T. Chain, Jr., James H. Hughes, John A. Nicholson, James M. Broom, Cynthia Rothroc...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=519482 ... Read more

Product Description
Chapters: Vladimir Nabokov, John Backus, David Fincher, Winona Laduke, Les Aucoin, Michael Ruppert, Gangaji, Jack Elam, Ann Curry, Neale Donald Walsch, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Ty Burrell, Tai Babilonia, Earl T. Newbry, Craig Chaquiço, Jeremy Guthrie, Angus L. Bowmer, Lawson Fusao Inada, Abel Helman, Scott Kelly, Bill Rauch, Peter J. Buckley, Johnny Gruelle, Leonard Levy, Rose Maddox, Darren Kavinoky, Emilio Delgado, Alfred Peet, Frank C. High, Jerry Turner, Dean Ing, Henry Woronicz, Anthony Heald, Alice Di Micele, Jennifer Moss, Sonny Sixkiller, Mark Parent, Gay Jacobsen D'asaro, Dallen Bounds, Chad Cota, Steve Mason, Pete Belcastro, Ray Porter, Stephen Reno, Don Barclay, Juan Carlos Romero Hicks, Erika Thormahlen, Jenn Shelton. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 213. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Walter Leslie "Les" AuCoin (pronounced ) (born October 21, 1942), is an American politician and the first Democrat elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st congressional district since it was formed in 1882. The seat has been held by a Democrat ever since. AuCoins 18-year tenurefrom the 94th United States Congress through the 102ndis the sixth-longest in Oregon history. In his career, AuCoin took a prominent role in abortion rights, local and national environmental issues, multiple use management of federal forests, and national security. During the presidency of Ronald Reagan, he wrote the ban to stop Interior Secretary James Watt's plan to open the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf to oil exploration. AuCoin was an early advocate of diplomatic relations with The People's Republic of China and arms control with the Soviet Union, and a critic of U.S. support for the Nicaraguan Contras and the rightist government of El Salvador in the 1980s. At the time of his retire...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2959847 ... Read more

Product Description
Chapters: Benoît Mandelbrot, John Backus, Kenneth E. Iverson, Herman Goldstine, Heinz Zemanek, Gene Amdahl, Phaedon Avouris, Frances E. Allen, Mike Cowlishaw, Ibm Fellow, Karl Alexander Müller, Harlan Mills, Diane Pozefsky, Rolf Landauer, Ilesanmi Adesida, Stuart Parkin, Leo Esaki, Gennaro A. Cuomo, Alec Broers, Baron Broers, Donald D. Chamberlin, Richard Garwin, Johannes Georg Bednorz, Charles H. Bennett, Reynold B. Johnson, George M. Galambos, John Gustafson, Jaishankar Menon, Tze-Chiang Chen, Nick Pippenger, Henri Nussbaumer, Patricia Selinger, Jean Calvignac, Ted Selker, Enrico Clementi, James A. Kahle, Gottfried Ungerboeck, Mark N. Wegman, Kerrie Holley, Ravi Arimilli, Siegfried K. Wiedmann, Hans Pfeiffer. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 146. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (born 20 November 1924) is a French and American mathematician, best known as the father of fractal geometry. He is Sterling Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Emeritus at Yale University; IBM Fellow Emeritus at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center; and Battelle Fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Mandelbrot was born in Poland. His family moved to France when he was a child, and he was educated in France. He is a dual French and American citizen. Mandelbrot now lives and works in the United States. Mandelbrot was born in Warsaw in a Jewish family from Lithuania. Anticipating the threat posed by Nazi Germany, the family fled from Poland to France in 1936 when he was 11. He remained in France through the war to near the end of his college studies. He was born into a family with a strong academic traditionhis mother was a medical doctor and he was introduced to mathematics by two uncles. His uncle, Szolem Mandelbrojt, was a Parisian mathematician. His father, however, mad...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3999 ... Read more

Product Description
This digital document is an article from Science and Its Times, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 660 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work. Essays on people, theories, discoveries, and concepts are combined with overviews, bibliographies of primary documents, and chronological elements to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life. Entries represent people and developments throughout the world, from about 2000 B.C. through the end of the twentieth century. ... Read more

Product Description
Recognizing the need for education and further research in AVO, the editors have compiled an all-encompassing treatment of this versatile technology. In addition to providing a general introduction to the subject and a review of the current state of the art, this unique volume provides useful reference materials and data plus original contributions at the leading edge of AVO technologies.

Also Available:

Reflection Coefficients & Azimuthal AVO Analysis - ISBN 1560801077
Geophysical Signal Analysis - ISBN 1560801042 ... Read more

Product Description
Chapters: Jason Garrett, Jim Backus, Tom Griswold, John Bell, Chris Rose. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: As Player As Coach (Quarterbacks coach) (Offensive Coordinator) (Offensive Coordinator and Assistant Head Coach)Jason Calvin Garrett (born March 28, 1966 in Abington, Pennsylvania) is an American football coach and former quarterback. He is the Offensive Coordinator and assistant head coach for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He is currently the highest paid assistant coach in the history of the NFL. Garrett went to prep school at University School in Hunting Valley, Ohio, and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, as a senior, he won All-League honors as both a quarterback and safety. Jason Garrett graduated from University School in 1984. Garrett attended grade school at Saint Ann's which is located in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Garrett originally played college football at Princeton University, but transferred to Columbia University when his father became the head coach. Following his father's resignation as head coach after Columbia's 0-10 1985 season, Jason and his brothers, John and Judd, transferred back to Princeton University. At Princeton in 1987 and 1988, Garrett completed 366 of 550 passes (66.5%) for 4,274 yards and 20 touchdowns and won the Asa S. Bushnell Cup as the Ivy League Player of the Year. In 1988 he piloted Princeton in a losing effort against his former team, snapping Columbia's 44-game losing streak. He earned a degree in history in 1989. He signed as a free agent with the New Orleans Saints in 1989 and 1990. In 1991 Garrett started at quarterback for the San Antonio Riders of the World League of American Football, but suffered a separated shoulder in the season opener...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3517560 ... Read more

Product Description
Chapters: Pamela Smart, Steve Marchand, Person Colby Cheney, John Goffe, Richard Backus, David Pattee, Charles Stinson, Gordon Hall Gerould. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Pamela Ann Smart (born August 16, 1967) is serving a life sentence for accomplice to first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and witness tampering in New Hampshire. Smart was convicted for conspiring with her 15-year-old lover, William Flynn, and three friends of Flynn's to kill her 24-year-old husband, Gregory Smart in Derry, New Hampshire in 1990. Pamela Ann Wojas was born in Coral Gables, Florida in southwestern Miami. She is the second of three children, with her sister Elizabeth, six years older, and her brother John, three years younger. Her father worked as a commercial airline pilot, while her mother worked part time as a legal secretary. When she was in elementary school, she moved with her family to Windham, New Hampshire. Smart went to high school at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, where she was a cheerleader, cheering for both basketball and football teams. After high school she went to college at Florida State University and graduated with honors with a communications degree in 1988 in a little more than three years, with an accomplished 3.85 grade point average. During her college radio career, Pamela combined her passion for heavy metal music with her career aspirations. She hosted a one-night-a-week radio show at Florida State University that she called Metal Madness", using the alias "Maiden of Metal". Pamela Wojas met Gregory Smart at a 1986 New Year's Eve party. They formed a serious relationship in February 1987, and married two years later. They both shared a passion for heavy metal music. Greg bought Pam a Shih Tzu and she named it "Halen" after he...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=275305 ... Read more