Thisfirstvolume,athree-partintroductiontothesubject,isintendedforstudentswithabeginningknowledgeofmathematicalanalysiswhoaremotivatedtodiscovertheideasthatshapeFourieranalysis.ItbeginswiththesimpleconvictionthatFourierarrivedatintheearlynineteenthcenturywhenstudyingproblemsinthephys