Useful Textbooks
- An Introduction to Error Analysis, 2nd edition, John Taylor, University Science Books, 1997
- Building Scientific Apparatus, 4th ed, J. Moore and C. Davis and M. Coplan and S. Greer, Cambridge University Press, 2009
- Measurements and their Uncertainties, Ifan G. Hughes and Thomas P. A. Hase, Oxford University Press, 2010
- Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences, 3nd edition, Philip Bevington and D. Keith Robinson, McGraw-Hill, 2002
- Experiments in Modern Physics, A. C. Melissinos and J. Napolitano, Academic Press, 2003
You might want to purchase your own copy of this classic text. My copy will be on the shelf in room 123.
- Lab Notebook
This book is required.
This is a recommended (but not required) textbook for the course.
This is the textbook I required last year. It's pretty good, I'm just experimenting this year with Taylor because it's more fun to read.
Either Taylor or Bevington (or both) should be on every physicist's bookshelf. Taylor is easier to read, Bevington is the definitive work on the subject if you're planning to go on to further experimental work.
The exact variety you use is up to you, but it should be permanently bound in some way, and quad-ruled is strongly preferred. My favorite by far is this one.