Experimental Physics (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Young, John Wesley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332540228 ISBN 13 : 9781332540228

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Unlock hands-on physics with a trusted lab guide that turns theory into measurable results. This edition presents practical directions for setting up a laboratory, choosing and using common equipment, and conducting experiments in mensuration, hydraulics, pneumatics, and early electrical measurements. It emphasizes careful note-taking, accurate data recording, and clear analysis so students can observe, measure, and infer with confidence.

The book explains how to organize a lab space, what tools are helpful, and how to plan and record experiments. It provides step-by-step tasks that simulate a real physics laboratory, guiding you from preparing measurements to interpreting results.

- Learn precise data collection and note-taking methods that keep your lab work clear and reproducible.
- Follow hands-on experiments on measuring volume, weight, and resistance, including how to account for errors.
- Explore foundational topics like sound, light, and basic electrical measurement with practical, classroom-friendly procedures.
- See how to connect experimental results to physical principles and simple calculations.

Ideal for readers of introductory physics labs who want a studio-style approach to observation, measurement, and inference in a real lab setting.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Experimental Physics

This book is the result of an experience of nearly ten years in teaching Experimental Physics to classes consisting of students who were preparing for college and of students who were not preparing for college.

Most of the experiments are quantitative, some are qualitative. Qualitative experiments serve to stimulate the interest of the student, and to prepare his mind for a better understanding of quantitative experiments. A beginner in Physics should know something about that which he is expected to measure before he attempts to measure it. This knowledge is readily acquired from qualitative experiments.

To show the aim of the work, I have put at the beginning of each experiment a concise statement, not of the result, but of the object of the experiment; and at the end of each experiment, questions for the purpose of helping the student unfold the result of the experiment from his record. The general results of the experiments are enforced by numerous examples, many of which have been drawn from Harvard Examination Papers. The experiments are often stepping-stones, each to the next.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book is the result of au experieime of nearly ten jeai i in teatiliiug Experimental Physics to elaaaes consisting of students who were pi-eparing for college and of students who were not prepariiig for college. Most of the experiment! are quantitative, some are qualitative. Quahtative experiments serve to stimulate the interest of the student, and to prepare his mind for a better underatanding of quantitative experiments. A l)eginner in Physics should kjiow something about that which he is expected to measure before he attempts to measure it. This knowledge is readily acquired from quaK tative experiments. To show the aim of the work, I have put at the beginning of each experiment a concise statement, not of the result, but of the object of the experiment; and at the end of each experiment, questions for the pui-pose of helping the student unfold the result of the experiment from his record. The general results of the experiments are enforced by numerous examples, many of which have lieen drawn from Harvard Examination Papers. The experiments are often stepping-stones, each to the next. The book contains only two or three experiments which reiuire students to work in groups ,ioi toT j% KT vsw i.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332540228
• ISBN 13: 9781332540228
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 388
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