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An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements, Second Edition

John R. Taylor University of Colorado
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The second edition of An Introduction to Error Analysis is now out of print. You can learn about the third edition, featuring Bayesian statistics, here: An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements, Third Edition

This best-selling text by John Taylor, now released in its second edition, introduces the study of uncertainties to lower division science students. Assuming no prior knowledge, the author introduces error analysis through the use of familiar examples ranging from carpentry to well-known historic experiments.

Print Book, ISBN 978-0-935702-42-2 (hardcover), US $86
Print Book, ISBN 978-0-935702-75-0 (softcover), US $69
eBook, eISBN 978-1-9388787-49-2, US $62
Copyright 1997
327 pages, Paperback & Clothbound

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This best-selling text by John Taylor, now released in its second edition, introduces the study of uncertainties to lower division science students. Assuming no prior knowledge, the author introduces error analysis through the use of familiar examples ranging from carpentry to well-known historic experiments. Pertinent worked examples, simple exercises throughout the text, and numerous chapter-ending problems combine to make the book ideal for use in physics, chemistry and engineering lab courses.  This book has been translated into nine languages, and has more adoptions than we can count.

Translated into Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Chinese, Portuguese, Thai and Korean

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