List of useful books

• List of general reference books describing undergraduate physics experiments:
  • W.D. Preston and E.R. Dietz, The Art of Experimental Physics, (Wiley, N.Y., 1991)
    (reference copies available in the lab).
  • R.M. Whittle and J. Yarwood, Experimental Physics for Students, (Chapman and Hall, London, 1973).
    Dirac Science Library: QC33.W46
  • A.C. Melissinos, Experiments in Modern Physics, (Academic Press, N.Y., 1966).
    Dirac Science Library: QC33.M52
    2nd edition by A.C. Melissinos and Jim Napolitano; (Academic Press, N.Y., 2003)
  • H. Mark and N.T. Olson, Experiments in Modern Physics, (McGraw-Hill, N.Y., 1966).
    Dirac Science Library: QC37.M39
  • G.P. Harnwell and J.J. Livingood, Experimental Atomic Physics, (McGraw-Hill, N.Y., 1961).
    Dirac Science Library: 539 H29
  • T.B. Brown (ed.), The Lloyd William Taylor Manual of Advanced Undergraduate Experiments in Physics, (Addison-Wesley, Reading MA, 1959).
    Dirac Science Library: 530.72 B8811
  • AAPT Committee, Novel experiments in physics, (1964);
    Dirac Science Library: QC33.C73.
  • Scientific Practice: Theories and stories of doing physics; edited by Jed Z. Buchwald; Univ. of Chicago Press, 1995;
    Dirac Science Library: QC33.S33 1995.
• experimental techniques (general):
  • J.H. Moore, C.C. Davis and M.A. Coplan, Building Scientific Apparatus - A Practical Guide to Design and Construction, 2nd ed (Addison-Wesley, Reading MA, 1989).
  • R.A. Dunlap, Experimental Physics - Modern Methods, (Oxford University Press, N.Y., 1988).
  • E.B. Wilson, Jr., An Introduction to Scientific Research, McGraw-Hill, N.Y., 1952).
  • J. Strong, Procedures in Experimental Physics, (Prentice-Hall, N.Y., 1938).
• electronics:
  • P. Horowitz and W. Hill, The Art of Electronics, 2nd ed (Cambridge University Press, N.Y., 1989).
• vacuum:
  • S. Dushman and J.M. Lafferty, Scientific Foundations of Vacuum Technique, (John Wiley, N.Y., 1962).
• low temperature:
  • P.V.E. McClintock, D.J. Meredith, and J.K. Wigmore, Matter at Low Temperatures, (Wiley-Interscience Publ, 1984).
  • G.K. White, Experimental Techniques in Low-Temperature Physics, 3rd ed, (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1979).
• radiation detection, measurement, and protection:
  • W.R. Leo, Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments; A How-to Approach, 2nd ed (Springer-Verlag, NY, 1994).
    Dirac Science library: QC793.46 .L46 1994
    (a reference copy of this book is available in the lab).
  • Glenn F. Knoll, Radiation Detection and Measurement, 3rd ed, (John Wiley, N.Y., 2000).
    Dirac Science library: QC787.C6 K56 2000.
  • K. Siegbahn, Alpha-, Beta-, and Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy, (North Holland Publ., Amsterdam, 1965).
  • Table of Isotopes, 7th ed, edited by C.M. Lederer and V.S. Shirley, (Wiley-Interscience, N.Y., 1978).
  • F.W. Walker, D.G. Miller and F. Feiner, Chart of the Nuclides, 13th ed, (General Electric Co, San Jose CA, 1984).
  • Jacob Shapiro, Radiation Protection - A Guide for Scientists and Physicians, 2nd ed, (Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 1981).
  • James Turner, Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection, 2nd ed (Wiley, 1995).
• Mathematical analysis, statistics:
  • D.C. Baird, Experimentation - An Introduction to Measurement Theory and Experiment Design, 2nd ed, (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs NJ, 1988).
  • Louis Lyons, Statistics for nuclear and particle physicists, Cambridge University Press (1989)
  • J.R. Taylor, An Introduction to Error Analysis - The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements, (University Science Books, Mill Valley CA, 1982).
  • Yardley Beers, Introduction to the Theory of Error, Addison-Wesley (1957).
  • G.E.P. Box, W.G. Hunter, and J.S. Hunter, Statistics for Experimenters, (Wiley, 1978).
  • P.R. Bevington, Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences, (McGraw-Hill, NY, 1969). Dirac Science Library: QA278.B48.
  • Stephen Wolfram, Mathematica: A System for Doing Mathematics, (Addison-Wesley, 1988).
  • W.H. Press, B.P. Flannery, S.A. Teukolsky, and W.T. Vetterling, Numerical Recipes - The Art of Scientific Computing, (Cambridge University Press, NY, 1986).
  • G. Forsyth, M. Malcolm, and C. Moler, Computer Methods for Mathematical Computations, (Prentice Hall, 1977).
  • Donald Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, (Addison-Wesley, 1973).
• Handbooks:
  • The Encyclopedia of Physics, 3rd ed, edited by R.M. Besancon, (Van Nostrand Reinhold, N.Y., 1990).
  • A Physicist's Desk Reference - 2nd ed of Physics Vade Mecum, edited by H.L. Anderson, (American Institute of Physics, N.Y., 1989).
  • AIP Physics Desk Reference, 3rd ed., edited by Richard E Cohen, David Lide, George Tripp, American Inst of Physics, 2001.
  • CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 82nd ed, editor in chief: D.R. Lide, (Chemical Rubber Co. Press, 2001)
  • American Institute of Physics Handbook, 3rd ed, coordinating editor: D.E. Gray (McGraw-Hill, N.Y., 1972). Dirac Science Library REF QC61.A5
  • Handbook of Physics, 2nd ed, edited by E.U. Condon and H. Odishaw, (McGraw-Hill, N.Y., 1967). Dirac Science Library REF QC61.C7
  • Handbook of Optics, Optical Society of America, edited by W.G. Driscoll, (McGraw-Hill, NY, 1978).
• Chemicals and safety:
  • The Merck Index, 10th ed, edited by Windholz, (Merck and Co., N.J., 1983).
  • W.J. Mahn, Academic Laboratory Chemical Hazards Guidebook, (Van Nostrand Reinhold, N.Y., 1991).
  • Prudent Practices for Handling Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories, Committee on Hazardous Substances in the Laboratory, (National Academy Press, Washington DC, 1981).