A Student's Guide to Fourier Transforms: With Applications in Physics and Engineering

I found this book to be an excellent guide and it really helped me understand Fourier Transforms better.

Good for a quick introduction to the topic. Not a lot of depth but some good example applications. Worthwhile for a quick reference.

Enjoyed the text. Easy reading when caught in doctors office waiting on your turn and also a good nitetime read.

Ok

A new edition of a classic introduction to Fourier transforms. Suitable for undergraduates or the curious.

Good theory and apllications. Maybe it could have more exercises in popular math softwarelihe Mathlab, mathematica or Maple.Interesting for people from health sciences studying mathematics, like Biomedical Engineer.I think it is graduate level.

Handy resource -- best of the Cambridge "Student's Guides".A colleague (who teaches the material) recommended this to me, and I like it and have subsequently recommended it to a number of students myself.The book is what it says: a "Student's Guide"... NOT a "textbook" -- the other reviewers who want MATLAB code, additional exercises, more theory, are missing the point, as is the one who says the book lacks a well defined audience: this is not a textbook, but a supplement for the student (or professional) who wants a quick, easy way in to some additional review, summary, or a short introduction. The book does this very well, and is appropriately short to suit that purpose. (Note: it is not a Schaum's Outline either, with a zillion worked exercises... that's yet a different beast.)This book fits nicely in the same zone as "Quick Calculus" by Ramsey and Kleppner, and "Div, Grad, Curl and all that" by Schey... neither designed to be the last word, or a stand-alone text, and both designed to help physics and engineering students get a handle on using the math.If you want more, the classic reference (and textbook, with some suggested MATLAB exercises) is Bracewell's "The Fourier Transform and its Applications", The Fourier Transform & Its Applications, which _IS_ a textbook designed for a class, and (like many texts) not as quick to use as a reference unless you already worked through it once in a class. I love that book, and recommend it highly... but it serves a different purpose. James' book is a great "Student's Guide".

In a reply to earlier reviews , I have to say that this is a very useful book to help students to see clearly how Fourier Transforms works. If you do not know anything about Fourier, you don’t need a book like this, then you should occupy yourself with former material first. This guide starts on a level most graduate students are already comfortable with. Thanks to J.F. James.