Includes bibliographical references (pages 727-777) and index.

Introductory experiments -- Mechanics -- Molecular physics -- Electricity and magnetism -- Optics and atomic physics -- Condensed matter physics -- Semiconductors -- Applied physics -- Nobel prize experiments -- Student projects.

This book is a laboratory manual for high schools, colleges, and universities. It contains more than 80 experiments and lecture demonstrations. The coverage includes the essentials of general physics: mechanics and molecular physics, electricity and magnetism, optics and atomic physics, and condensed matter physics. All the experiments are illustrated through the results of real measurements and include many novel experiments developed by the author -- Publisher.