Physics Student Resources

Resources for Writing

• Professor Saeta’s thoughts on preparing talks, 15 September 2020
• Professor Alves’s writing tips
• Lab Report Template
• Physics Thesis LaTeX Template
  • HMC Clinic LaTeX class
  • HMC Thesis LaTeX class
• Information on using LaTeX to create technical documents
• The Mudd LaTeX FAQ
• A dubious reference for increasing the “sophistication” of your writing

For Labs

• Lab Report Template (PDF) This is a great place to start for your technical report. The templates are in both LaTeX and Word formats
• Laboratory formula cheat sheet (PDF) Print out this handy summary of error-propagation formulas and tape it to the inside front cover of your lab notebook
• Excel Using a spreadsheet to help analyze data
• Wolfram Alpha Why think when you can ask Wolfram Alpha? Well, actually, there are many good reasons…
• Units calculator Do you find this units calculator convenient?