PHY 2048L

This is not a traditional physic laboratory manual. Through a series of cleverly designed experiments this physics laboratory manual emphasizes the concept of physics viewed as the application of mathematics to natural phenomena. Both calculus- and algebra-based physics students should study all the mathematical derivations while preparing for any experiment. Students willing to try the mathematics behind the experiments may discover the incredible power of mathematics as the “universal language” of nature. The experiments in the manual are simple. Technology is used for most experiments but its presence for the most part is unnoticeable. A customized error-propagation treatment is provided for most of the experiments in the manual.