An experimental presentation of the evidence for atomic
and nuclear theories; typical experiments are: excitation potentials; electronic charge; specific charge of the electron; Balmer series; Zeeman splitting; spectroscopic isotope shifts; photovoltaic effect; Hall effect; gamma ray spectrometry; beta ray spectrometry; neutron activation of nuclides; statisticsof counting processes; optical and X-ray diffraction; Langmuir probe; nuclear magnetic resonance.

  Fall semester, repeated spring semester by arrangement.
  Typical texts: Young, Statistical Treatment of Experimental Data; Melissinos,  Experiments in Modern Physics.