A Student's Guide to Data and Error Analysis

Berendsen, Herman J. C.

ISBN 10: 0521119405 / ISBN 13: 9780521119405

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Student's Guide to Data and Error Analysis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521119405
• ISBN 13: 9780521119405
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

All students taking laboratory courses within the physical sciences and engineering will benefit from this book, whilst researchers will find it an invaluable reference. This concise, practical guide brings the reader up-to-speed on the proper handling and presentation of scientific data and its inaccuracies. It covers all the vital topics with practical guidelines, computer programs (in Python), and recipes for handling experimental errors and reporting experimental data. In addition to the essentials, it also provides further background material for advanced readers who want to understand how the methods work. Plenty of examples, exercises and solutions are provided to aid and test understanding, whilst useful data, tables and formulas are compiled in a handy section for easy reference.

About the Author

Herman Berendsen is Emeritus Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. His research started in nuclear magnetic resonance but focused later on molecular dynamics simulations on systems of biological interest. He is one of the pioneers in this field and, with over 35,000 citations, is one of the most quoted authors in physics and chemistry. He has taught courses in molecular modeling worldwide and authored the book Simulating the Physical World (Cambridge, 2007).