Written by an international authority and winner of the Rayleigh Medal (Institute of Acoustics). 

Emphasizes a descriptive presentation to provide “physical insight” and aspects of “problem-solving” without sacrificing the importance of mathematical analysis. 

Includes the author’s unpublished material on aero-acoustic instabilities, flow interaction with acoustic resonators, sound propagation in the atmosphere, aspects of nonlinear acoustics, the analysis of an oscillator with “dry friction,” and the frequency response of the ear.