This new book aims to guide both the experimentalist and theoretician through their compulsory laboratory courses forming part of an undergraduate physics degree. The rationale behind this book is to show students and interested readers the value and beauty within a carefully planned and executed experiment, and to help them to develop the skills to carry out experiments themselves.
The market leader for the first-year physics laboratory course, this manual offers a wide range of class-tested experiments designed explicitly for use in small to mid-size lab programs. The manual provides a series of integrated experiments that emphasize the use of computerized instrumentation. The Sixth Edition includes a set of "computer-assisted experiments" that allow students and instructors to use this modern equipment. This option also allows instructors to find the appropriate balance between traditional and computer-based experiments for their courses. By analyzing data through two different methods, students gain a greater understanding of the concepts behind the experiments. The manual includes 14 new integrated experiments—computerized and traditional—that can also be used independently of one another. Ten of these integrated experiments are included in the standard (bound) edition; four are available for customization. Instructors may elect to customize the manual to include only those experiments they want. The bound volume includes the 33 most commonly used experiments that have appeared in previous editions; an additional 16 experiments are available for examination online. Instructors may choose any of these experiments—49 in all—to produce a manual that explicitly matches their course needs. Each experiment includes six components that aid students in their analysis and interpretation: Advance Study Assignment, Introduction and Objectives, Equipment Needed, Theory, Experimental Procedures, and Laboratory Report and Questions.
This book presents experiments which will teach physics relevant to astronomy. The astronomer, as instructor, frequently faces this need when his college or university has no astronomy department and any astronomy course is taught in the physics department. The physicist, as instructor, will find this intellectually appealing when faced with teaching an introductory astronomy course. From these experiments, the student will acquire important analytical tools, learn physics appropriate to astronomy, and experience instrument calibration and the direct gathering and analysis of data. Experiments that can be performed in one laboratory session as well as semester-long observation projects are included.
This textbook provides the knowledge and skills needed for thorough understanding of the most important methods and ways of thinking in experimental physics. The reader learns to design, assemble, and debug apparatus, to use it to take meaningful data, and to think carefully about the story told by the data. Key Features: Efficiently helps students grow into independent experimentalists through a combination of structured yet thought-provoking and challenging exercises, student-designed experiments, and guided but open-ended exploration. Provides solid coverage of fundamental background information, explained clearly for undergraduates, such as ground loops, optical alignment techniques, scientific communication, and data acquisition using LabVIEW, Python, or Arduino. Features carefully designed lab experiences to teach fundamentals, including analog electronics and low noise measurements, digital electronics, microcontrollers, FPGAs, computer interfacing, optics, vacuum techniques, and particle detection methods. Offers a broad range of advanced experiments for each major area of physics, from condensed matter to particle physics. Also provides clear guidance for student development of projects not included here. Provides a detailed Instructor’s Manual for every lab, so that the instructor can confidently teach labs outside their own research area.
Comprehensive lab procedures for introductory physics Experiments in Physics is a lab manual for an introductory calculus-based physics class. This collection of 32 experiments includes laboratory procedures in the areas of mechanics, heat, electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics, with post-lab questions designed to help students analyze their results more deeply. Introductory material includes guidance on error analysis, significant figures, graphical analysis and more, providing students with a convenient reference throughout the duration of the course.
A laboratory manual for high schools, colleges, and universities, this book contains more than 80 experiments and lecture demonstrations. The coverage includes the essentials of general physics: mechanics and molecular physics, electricity and magnetism, optics and atomic physics, and condensed matter physics. All the experiments are illustrated through the results of real measurements and include many novel experiments developed by the author.
This market-leading manual for the first-year physics laboratory course offers a wide range of class-tested experiments designed specifically for use in small to mid-size lab programs. A series of integrated experiments emphasizes the use of computerized instrumentation and includes a set of “computer-assisted experiments” to allow students and instructors to gain experience with modern equipment. This option also enables instructors to determine the appropriate balance between traditional and computer-based experiments for their courses. By analyzing data through two different methods, students gain a greater understanding of the concepts behind the experiments. The Seventh Edition is updated with the latest information and techniques involving state-of-the-art equipment, and a new Guided Learning feature addresses the growing interest in guided-inquiry pedagogy. Fourteen additional experiments are also available through custom printing.
General Physics Laboratory Mechanics, Light, and Thermodynamics offers 24 qualitative and quantitative laboratory exercises that serve the needs of a one-year general physics program at the algebra or calculus level. The motivation supporting this text is the belief that laboratory studies are an essential part of undergraduate education. Students learn to perform basic laboratory operations such as weighing, equipment assembly, and informed calculations. Another central theme of the text is the development of professional conduct including approaches to safety rules, organization, and neatness in laboratory operations.Innovative features are incorporated into traditional laboratory exercises. These include but are not limited to:a) CONTENT¿Sections on laboratory safety, use of laboratory equipment, and the mathematical treatment of data.¿Quantitative and qualitative experiments extensively tested at Tuskegee University, Delaware State University, Southern University Baton Rouge and Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. ¿Prelaboratory exercises for each experiment help prepare the student prior to entering the laboratory. ¿Further Reading sections at the end of each laboratory experiment with URLs to the physics literature.¿Standardized report sheets help students organize thoughts, tabulate data, and arrive at results.¿A locator for price, equipment and apparatus for each experiment is available in the Instructor's manual (thumb drive format).¿Material safety data sheet (MSDS) information as appropriate for laboratory exercises.b) FORMAT:¿Spiral binding (enabling the book to lie flat on the laboratory bench top.)¿Size: 9" x 11" or 23 cm x 28 cm. Weight: 1.75 lbs or 0.794 kgc) ONLINE FEATURES:¿URL to the physics education literature. ¿URL to the safety data (MSDS, SDS).¿URL resource database for all equipment, supplies, and resources for each experiment.d) CUSTOMIZATIONThe quantitative and qualitative laboratory exercises within this manual can be linked with lecture sessions, or with a variety of algebra- or calculus-based textbooks. Parts of the manual are designed to take advantage of the vastly increased computational power of laboratory-based computers, smart phones, hand-held computers, electronic tablets, and personal computers. The twenty-four laboratory experiments can be easily sequenced to allow the instructor the flexibility on when to introduce pertinent required topics.
