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Waves & Sound

Waves as moving disturbances: wavelength, frequency and speed (v = fλ), transverse vs longitudinal, sound in air, decibels, the Doppler effect, interference, standing waves and harmonics in music.

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Prereqs: Energy & motion. Next: Light & electromagnetism; Physics of music. Sources: Halliday & Resnick, *Fundamentals of Physics*; MIT 8.03; Crash Course Physics #17–19.
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