{"id":878,"date":"2022-10-07T20:12:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T20:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.hmc.edu\/physics\/?page_id=878"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:06:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:06:52","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/students\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics Student Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-right-sidebar right-sidebar\" id=\"right-sidebar\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/students\/resources\/gre\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"989\">Physics GRE Test<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aip.org\/statistics\/graduate\">AIP grad school information<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/visit\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5783\">Visiting the department<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources for Writing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saeta.physics.hmc.edu\/courses\/ph195\/200915-Preparing-Talks.pdf\">Professor Saeta\u2019s thoughts on preparing talks<\/a>, 15 September 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/learning-programs\/writing-center\/resources-for-students\/academic-writing\/\">Professor Alves\u2019s writing tips<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/saeta.physics.hmc.edu\/courses\/\">Lab Report Template<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/media.physics.hmc.edu\/media\/uploads\/docs\/Physics-Thesis-LaTeX-Template.zip\">Physics Thesis LaTeX Template<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/hmcmathematics\/hmcclinic-class\/releases\/\">HMC Clinic LaTeX class<\/a> (maintained by Math)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/hmcmathematics\/hmcthesis-class\/releases\/\">HMC Thesis LaTeX class<\/a> (maintained by Math)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/physics.hmc.edu\/latex\/\">Information on using LaTeX to create technical documents<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.hmc.edu\/tech_docs\/qref\/latex\/faq\">The Mudd LaTeX FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plainlanguage.gov\/testExamples\/indexExample.cfm?record=6&amp;search=humor\">A dubious reference for increasing the \u201csophistication\u201d of your writing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"labs\">For Labs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/saeta.physics.hmc.edu\/courses\/\">Lab Report Template (PDF)<\/a> This is a great place to start for your technical report. The templates are in both LaTeX and Word formats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/saeta.physics.hmc.edu\/courses\/LabFormulaSheet.pdf\">Laboratory formula cheat sheet (PDF)<\/a> Print out this handy summary of error-propagation formulas and tape it to the inside front cover of your lab notebook<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/physics.hmc.edu\/igor\/spreadsheets\/\">Excel<\/a> Using a spreadsheet to help analyze data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolframalpha.com\/\">Wolfram Alpha<\/a> Why think when you can ask Wolfram Alpha? Well, actually, there are many good reasons\u2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.hmc.edu\/~keller\/unicalc\/\">Units calculator<\/a> Do you find this units calculator convenient?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resources for Writing For Labs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5400,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-878","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6357,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/878\/revisions\/6357"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}