Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer: A Visual Tour of a Nineteenth Century Machine that Performs Fourier Analysis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780983966173)

Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer celebrates a nineteenth century mechanical calculator that performed Fourier analysis by using gears, springs and levers to calculate with sines and cosines-an astonishing feat in an age before electronic computers. One hundred and fifty color photos reveal the analyzer's beauty though full-page spreads, lush close-ups of its components, and archival photos of other Michelson-inspired analyzers. The book includes sample output from the machine and a reproduction of an 1898 journal article by Michelson, which first detailed the analyzer. The book is the official companion volume to the popular YouTube video series created by the authors.

Author: Steve Kranz, Bruce Carpenter, Bill Hammack
ISBN-10: 0983966176
ISBN-13: 9780983966173
Publisher: Articulate Noise Books
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2014
Pages: 130
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.34d