Sound waves and stars the Doppler effect /

Why does the sound of a passing train or car suddenly change as it goes by? A young scientist, Christian Doppler found that sound waves ahead of a moving source increase in frequency and that the frequency of the waves behind such a source decrease. This is called the Doppler effect.

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Corporate Author: BFA Educational Media.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : BFA Educational Media, 1985.
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