Albert Michelson'S Harmonic Analyzer: A Visual Tour Of A Nineteenth Century Machine That Performs Fourier Analysis

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: Bill Hammack|Steve Kranz|Bruce Carpenter
• | Publisher: Articulate Noise Books
• | Publication Date: Oct 31, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 128 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0983966176
• | ISBN-13: 9780983966173