Amplitude and wavelength

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1. What a wave is
2. Transverse waves
3. Longitudinal waves
4. Comparing the two kinds
5. Amplitude and wavelength
6. Frequency and period
7. The wave equation
8. Using the wave equation
9. Phase
10. Straight lines and reflection
11. Bending and spreading
12. Remote sensing
13. How remote sensing works
14. Waves in medicine
15. Communication, detection and cooking
16. Waves: the whole sub-strand