The Art of Experimental Physics
Published on 2. January 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
452 pages
978-0-471-84748-9 (ISBN)
Description
Fills the need for an experimental physics text. There are three main sections of the text. The first is an introduction that offers valuable insights into the importance of the human element in physics and traces the course of its historical development. This section also explains the objectives of the physics laboratory and the skills you must master to maintain a Notebook'' and analyze data, and presents a general discussion of spectroscopy experiments. The second section discusses the unique and valuable role of the computer in the laboratory and explains how to use it; software is included with the text. The final section contains over twenty experiments, providing students with a broad introduction into the use of a variety of instruments for carrying out many different measurements.
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Persons
Daryl W. Preston is the author of The Art of Experimental Physics, published by Wiley. Eric R. Dietz is the author of The Art of Experimental Physics, published by Wiley.
Content
Physics - A Human Endeavour; Objectives of the Physics Laboratory; Laboratory Notebook; Error Analysis; Significant Figures; Graphical Analysis; Curve Fitting; Journals Of Physics; Responsibility of the Experimentalist; Spectroscopy: An Important Class of Experiments; Laboratory Instrumentation; Transmission of Radiation: Coaxial Cable; Waveguide; Fibre Optics; Lasers: Helium, Neon and Helium-Neon Laser Spectra; Laser Cavity Modes Microcomputers; Computer Assisted Experimentation; Fundamental Experiments; Thermodynamics of Photons and Electrons: Electron Physics; Blackbody Radiation; Waves and Particles: Photoelectron Spectroscopy; Bragg Spectroscopy; Atomic and Molecular Physics: Frank-Hertz Experiment; Isotope Structure and Fine Structure of Hydrogen; Molecular Structure and Properties of N142; Effect; Zeeman Condensed Matter Physics: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Electron Spin Resonance; Electrical Conductivity and the Hall Effect; Nuclear Physics: Interactions of Gamma Rays with Matter; Compton Scattering; Ionization of Gases by Alpha Particles; Rutherford Scattering; Physical Optics; Faraday Effect.