REFERENCE

Course Notes

• Introductory Physics II Course Notes

Reference Material

• Use of Inverse Trigonometric Functions with Electronic Calculators
• Trigonometric Identities
• Linear Regression
• Unit Conversion Tables
• Dimensional Analysis
• Greek Alphabet - printable chart
• SI Units Reference
• Gaussian Units Reference
• Earth's Magnetic Field and Van Allen Belts (NASA)
• Aurora, Ring Currents, and the Plasmasphere (NASA)
• The Nonlinear Pendulum
• Photometry
• Optics of the Hubble Space Telescope
• Special Relativity
• Distributed Computing and Citizen Science links
• The Arithmetic-Geometric Mean
• The Factorial Function, n!
• The Resistor Color Code
• SI / Gaussian Formula Conversion Table
• The Calculus
• Integration by Parts
• Tips on Working Physics Problems

Physics Recreations

1. Creating Your Own System of Units
2. Helmert's Equation
3. Benford's Law
4. Bicycle Gearing
5. The Slide Rule
6. The Rocket Equation
7. Galileo's Law
8. Leap Seconds
9. Radiation Exposure
10. Music
11. The Doomsday Algorithm
12. A Puzzle in Esperanto
13. Distributed Computing and Citizen Science -  Links
14. A Message to Extraterrestrials
15. The Bikes and the Bee
16. Microwave Oven Cooking
17. A Mathematical Puzzle
18. The Coronavirus and Social Distancing

U.S. Government Publications

• The Fundamental Physical Constants (NIST)
• Fundamental Physical Constants - Wallet Card (NIST)
• Fundamental Physical Constants - Wall Chart (NIST)
• U.S. Standard Atmosphere, 1976 (NOAA / NASA / USAF)
• Naval Research Laboratory Plasma Formulary (NRL)

American Institute of Physics

• Physics Central (for the general public)
• Physics (highlights of current physics research)
• American Physical Society Web site

PGCC Publications

• Data Handling and Analysis on the TI-82 and TI-83/83+ Graphing Calculators
• Using Excel for Handling, Graphing, and Analyzing Scientific Data
• User's Guide for Graphical Analysis 3.1
• Producing a Dynamic Presentation Using Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 (large file)

Calculator Manuals

• TI-83+ Calculator User's Manual
• TI Voyage 200 Guidebook
• HP 15C User Manual -  Advanced Functions Handbook
• HP-35s Calculator User's Manual
• HP-50g Calculator User's Manual -  User's Guide -  Advanced User's Reference Manual

Miscellaneous Publications

• The Art of Electronics
• Isogonic Chart (North America) (from Brunton Corp.)
• Isogonic Chart (World) (U.S. Geological Survey)
• Geologic Time Scale (Geological Society of America)
• Frequently Asked Questions about the Earth's Magnetic Field (U.S. Geological Survey)

Useful Web Sites

• Wolfram|Alpha
• World of Physics

The Slide Rule

• Slide Rule Introduction
• Griffenfly Universal Slide Rule Simulator
  • Configuration file for Sterling slide rule
  • Configuration file for Scientific American slide rule
• Derek's Virtual Slide Rule Gallery with more slide rule simulators
• Sphere Research Slide Rule Universe

Bibliography

• Electronics (General)
  • Getting Started in Electronics by Forrest M. Mims III (Master Publishing, 2000). This is a very brief (128 pp.), informal, hand-written (!) book on analog and digital electronics, aimed mainly at electronics hobbyists. Lots of good information on both theory and practical electronics, and easy to read.
  • Electronic Principles (6th ed.) by Albert P. Malvino (Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 1999). A standard, well-regarded undergraduate text on electronics, at roughly the level of this course.
  • The Art of Electronics (2nd ed.) by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill (Cambridge, 1989). An advanced book on analog and digital electronics, covering basically anything you would ever want to know about electronics. This book is widely regarded as a standard reference in the field. Web site for The Art of Electronics
  • A free book called Lessons in Electric Circuits is available on the Internet at: http://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/ . This book starts with the basics, yet covers a lot of material. The entire book is in six volumes, and is over 2700 pages long.
• Digital Electronics
  • Bebop to the Boolean Boogie (3rd ed.) by Clive "Max" Maxfield (Newnes, 2009). An informal, easy-to-read introductory book on digital electronics.
  • Digital Fundamentals (10th ed.) by Thomas L. Floyd (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009). A standard undergraduate text on digital electronics, at roughly the level of this course.
• Optics
  • Optics (4th ed.) by Eugene Hecht (Addison-Wesley, 2001). A standard undergraduate text on optics.
  • Principles of Optics (7th ed.) by Max Born and Emil Wolf (Cambridge, 1999). An advanced, graduate-level book on optics.

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