Physics 127A Course Materials


For Physics 127A you will need two items, a lab notebook
and the textbook.

You will be required to turn in your lab notebook each
week as a PDF file.  You may keep a traditional notebook
on paper, with numbered pages having a grid.  In this case
you will turn in photos or scans of the notebook pages.
Here is an example of what you could use:

   https://www.amazon.com/dp/0978534425/

Alternatively, you may use an electronic notebook.  If you
do this, you must choose a program that allows you to
make drawings as well as text.  In this case you will
also submit your notebook as a PDF file with properly
numbered pages.

The textbooks for Physics 127A are

Required:

   Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course, 2nd edition
   ISBN 1009535188
   https://www.amazon.com/dp/1009535188
   By Thomas C. Hayes, David Abrams, and Paul Horowitz
   Cambridge University Press, 2025


Optional:

   The Art of Electronics, 3rd edition
   ISBN 0521809266
   https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521809266
   By Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill
   Cambridge University Press, 2015

   Introductory Electronics for Scientists and Engineers, Second Edition
   ISBN 0205083773
   https://www.amazon.com/dp/0205083773
   By Robert E. Simpson
   Prentice Hall, 1987

I will discuss the textbooks in lecture.



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