→ Textbook: The Science of Sound, 3rd edition, by Rossing, Moore, and Wheeler.
This is a good book, but it’s not a perfect match for this course. It is very brief on a few subjects. We will cover less than half of the book.
→ Study Guide & Lab Manual: The Sound of Physics, by McLean. This will be very difficult to get anywhere except the Campus Bookstore.
The Study Guide part helps to fill in the gaps in the textbook. The Lab Manual part will be necessary to complete the labs.
→ Calculator: A calculator that handles logarithms (“LOG” key). This need not be very expensive. You don’t need one of the expensive graphing calculators for this course. But this can't be on a phone, computer, etc, as you will need it for exams.
→ Laptop: This course will take advantage of the fact that Geneseo has a laptop requirement. Among other things, student laptops will be needed for data analysis in the lab.
→ A lab logbook (specifically, an Avery style 43-591) will be provided. These will be recycled logbooks from previous times that the course has been offered. If you feel the need to have a brand-new one, make sure you get that specific style number.