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APPENDIX 7 -- RECOMMENDED REFERENCESFOR EXPERIMENTALISTS

Each of the experiment descriptions in this manual includes a list of suggested referencesfor that particular experiment. These references may be of a general or very specializednature providing both experimental as well as theoretical background. The following bibli-ography is a list of books that we consider to be useful in a general sense, providing infor-mation about experiments as well as the tools and techniques used to carry out measure-ments. Note also that the American Journal of Physics "Resource Letters" are always verygood for starting a literature search. Specific ones are mentioned in the references givenwith the experiment descriptions.

FOR UNDERGRADUATE PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS:

W.D. Preston and E.R. Dietz, The Art of Experimental Physics, (Wiley, N.Y., 1991).

R.M. Whittle and J. Yarwood, Experimental Physics for Students, (Chapman and Hall,London, 1973). Cabot: QC33.W46

A.C. Melissinos, Experiments in Modern Physics, (Academic Press, N.Y., 1966).Cabot: QC33.M52

H. Mark and N.T. Olson, Experiments in Modern Physics, (McGraw-Hill, N.Y., 1966).

G.P. Harnwell and J.J. Livingood, Experimental Atomic Physics, (McGraw-Hill, N.Y.,1961). Hilles: 539 H29

L.W. Taylor, The Lloyd William Taylor Manual of Advanced Undergraduate Experimentsin Physics, (Addison-Wesley, Reading MA, 1959). Cabot: QC33.B7

EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES (GENERAL):

J.H. Moore, C.C. Davis and M.A. Coplan, Building Scientific Apparatus - A PracticalGuide 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).

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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, (OxfordUniversity 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).

Glenn F. Knoll, Radiation Detection and Measurement, 2nd ed, (John Wiley, N.Y., 1989).

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 ElectricCo, 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).

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MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS:

D.C. Baird, Experimentation - An Introduction to Measurement Theory and ExperimentDesign, 2nd ed, (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs NJ, 1988).

J.R. Taylor, An Introduction to Error Analysis - The Study of Uncertainties in PhysicalMeasurements, (University Science Books, Mill Valley CA, 1982).

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). Cabot: 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 - TheArt of Scientific Computing, (Cambridge University Press, NY, 1986).

G. Forsyth, M. Malcolm, and C. Moler, Computer Methods for MathematicalComputations, (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).

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 71st ed, editor in chief: D.R. Lide, (ChemicalRubber Co. Press, Boston, 1990).

American Institute of Physics Handbook, 3rd ed, coordinating editor: D.E. Gray (McGraw-Hill, N.Y., 1972). Cabot REF QC61.A5

Handbook of Physics, 2nd ed, edited by E.U. Condon and H. Odishaw, (McGraw-Hill,N.Y., 1967). Cabot REF QC61.C7

Handbook of Optics, Optical Society of America, edited by W.G. Driscoll, (McGraw-Hill,NY, 1978).

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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 NostrandReinhold, N.Y., 1991).

Prudent Practices for Handling Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories, Committee onHazardous Substances in the Laboratory, (National Academy Press, Washington DC,1981).

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