Physics 3719: Undergraduate Laboratory

Fall Semester 2008

Supplemental Reading Material

1. Generalized Linear Least-Squares Fitting 2 September 2008
2. Linear Least Squares Fitting: Special Cases 4 September 2008
3. Examples of data with correlated and uncorrelated uncertainties 2 October 2008
4. Exam 1 review slides 7 October 2008
5. Guidelines for papers 28 October 2008
6. Giving Scientific Presentations 30 October 2008
7. Experimental Evaluation 4-6 November 2008

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2. Preston and Dietz, The Art of Experimental Physics
3. Chambers, et al., Basic Vacuum Technology
4. Coplan, et al., Building Scientific Apparatus
5. Bevington, Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences
6. Hoag and Korff, Electron and Nuclear Physics
7. Harnwell and Livingood, Experimental Atomic Physics
8. Dunlap, Experimental Physics
9. Baird, Experimentation (Third Edition)
10. Melissinos, Experiments in Modern Physics
11. Mark, Experiments in Modern Physics
12. Jenkins and White, Fundamentals of Optics
13. Chen and Cook, Gravitational Experiments in the Laboratory
14. Day, How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper
15. Taylor, An Introduction to Error Analysis (Second Edition)
16. Richtmyer, et al., Introduction to Modern Physics
17. Lyons, A Practical Guide to Data Analysis for Physical Science Students
18. Squires, Practical Physics (Fourth Edition)
19. Strong, Procedures in Experimental Physics
20. Day, Scientific English
21. Taylor, The Taylor Manual
22. Leo, Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments