Practical Physics

Informationen zum Autor Gordon L Squires has been a Lecturer in Physics at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge since 1956. Since then he has been a Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1970) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1977-78). Klappentext This classic companion to undergraduate practical work in physics describes the purposeful! critical approach that should be made to all physics experiments. It covers the statistical treatment of data and experimental methods! and gives advice on keeping efficient records! calculations! and scientific writing. The new edition features treatment of the c2 distribution! a section on atomic clocks! worked examples based on spreadsheets! and additional exercises. Existing examples and references have been brought up to date. The text is liberally illustrated with examples and exercises! with solutions to the latter. Although intended for undergraduates! Practical Physics will be of interest to researchers! not only in physics! but in other sciences as well. Zusammenfassung This classic companion to undergraduate experimental work in physics covers the statistical treatment of data! experimental methods! and gives advice on keeping efficient records! calculations! and scientific writing. It contains numerous examples and exercises. This new up-to-date edition includes further statistics! new experimental material! and worked examples based on spreadsheets. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The object of practical physics; Part I. Statistical Treatment of Data: 2. Introduction to errors; 3. Treatment of a single variable; 4. Further topics in statistical theory; 5. Common sense in errors; Part II. Experimental Methods: 6. Some laboratory instruments and methods; 7. Some experimental techniques; 8. Experimental logic; 9. Common sense in experiments; Part III. Record and Calculations: 10. Record of the experiment; 11. Graphs; 12. Arithmetic; 13. Writing a paper; Appendices; Solutions to exercises; Some useful books; References; Index....

Product details

• Authors: Squires G. L., G L Squires, G. L. Squires, G. L. (University of Cambridge) Squires, Gordon Leslie Squires
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2001
• EAN: 9780521779401
• ISBN: 978-0-521-77940-1
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works