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Please pick up handouts from from desk by door The Difference NORMAL PERSON SCIENTIST The Difference, https://xkcd.com/242/, by Randall Munroe (CC BY-NC 2.5), rearranged

Advanced Physics Lab Introduction PHY 327/424 Welcome, Goals, People, Safety 9:10 How to succeed in the APL 10:10 Analysis and Uncertainty 11:10 These slides will be available online later today.

Department of Physics Course Outline Advanced Physics Laboratory DRAFT Course Outline Fall 2018 University of Toronto Welcome to the Advanced Physics Lab! Physics is an experimental science that tries to describe, understand, and predict the behaviour of physical systems. This requires careful observations and accurate measurement of those systems. The goal of the Advanced Physics Laboratory is to help students better understand the methods and myriad challenges of making such measurements and judging whether relevant physical theories are consistent with the data. The Advanced Physics Laboratory gives students an opportunity to work on interesting challenging experiments, deepen their understanding of the underlying Physics, and to further develop laboratory, analysis, and communication skills. Students learn how to study physical systems by being responsible for all aspects of several small experimental projects. Every experiment explores important physics and comes with basic objectives, specified equipment, and much support, but students must decide exactly what to study, the details of how to study it, and how to budget their time. Learning in the Advanced Lab is fundamentally different from regular lecture courses, and is much closer to what happens in research and in other typical careers you may aspire to. Advanced Lab students must choose what to learn and how to learn it; experiments never have a single, correct, final answer, so students must decide when they are finished. Students cannot expect to have already learned about the physics of an experiment in their lecture courses, nor to be formally trained in an experimental technique. You are left much more to your own initiative in carrying out the experiments than in earlier lab courses. At the same time you are given many more resources to work with - both more sophisticated equipment and a much higher staff-to-student ratio to help you. You are strongly encouraged to make good use of staff and demonstrators. As you become more accustomed to the format and structure of the course, we encourage you to use your imagination when solving problems. If you discover some aspect of the experiment that really interests you, or come up with some innovative way of doing the analysis, you may, with guidance from your professor, modify the exercises to suit you. We want you to have fun and we'd like to help you make the most of the opportunities in this course. The course web-site has the most up-to-date manuals and information: http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~phy326. Please contact the Advanced Physics Lab Coordinator David Bailey if you find any mistakes in this draft course outline or elsewhere on the course website.

What is the Point of the Advanced Lab???? To help you learn all physics not taught in other courses.

What is the Point of the Advanced Lab? How to measure and model physical systems, and communicate that knowledge. Physics is an experimental science that tries to describe, understand, and predict the behaviour of physical systems. Our goal is to help you better understand the methods and myriad challenges of making such measurements and judging whether relevant physical theories are consistent with your data.

What is learned in the Advanced Lab? Instrumentation and methods Oscilloscopes, electronic meters, interferometers, lasers, lock-ins, vacuum, high voltages, cryogenics, spectrometers, X-rays, Physics Classical, Quantum, Mechanics, Optics, Electromagnetism, Nonlinear, Nuclear, Particle, Condensed matter, biophysics, Modelling Problem solving Analysis Nonlinear fitting with x & y error bars, uncertainty, interpretation, Breadth & Design work on own (mostly) design, decide, measure, analyse, communicate, Communication oral, written informal, formal That science is messy

What is learned in the Advanced Lab? Impossible to teach every physics topic or experimental method or other skills that you might need in your career We want you to develop your capacity to cope with new situations and learn new skills and knowledge.

How does the course work? Read the Course Outline! If you don t read and understand the outline, you will likely do less well. Ignorance is no excuse. Information often posted outside MP251, but don t assume we ll remind you about deadlines; they are in the outline and online. If you don t understand something ask.

Grading Scheme (PHY424) Data Analysis Project 4 % 3 experiments @ 20% each 60 % Formal Report and Peer Review 18 % Oral exam 18 %

In outline and at Dates and Deadlines http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~phy326/dates.htm o Experiment Preference Sheets due 4pm today o Start experiments in next lab period o Data analysis assignment due 22 January. o Let Coordinator know immediately if you notice any issues with the dates. Late penalties will be applied unless arrangements made in advance, or you are ill or have other valid excuse. Contact relevant professor ASAP. Shelves and slots in MP251 may be used to hand in and return assignments, lab books, formals,.

Preference Sheet Advanced Physics Lab Contact & Schedule University of Toronto Fall 2018 This form must be returned to the Lab Coordinator, David Bailey, in MP 251A by 4:00 pm on 7 September. (If Prof. Bailey is not there, place on shelf with his name in MP251 by the whiteboard.) Student Name: Student Number: Official UofT Email: Alternate Contact (Optional) e.g. gmail /phone: Contact Schedule Name (e.g. first) for whiteboard: Course you are registered in: @mail.utoronto.ca Please put tick-marks (ü) in the cells to indicate the times you will most likely be in the lab (including the normal Tuesday and Friday time slots), and Xs (û) to show the times when you have conflicts (e.g. with lectures in another course). It helps if you indicate all currently known regular conflicts, even those outside the regular lab periods, in case we want to arrange a meeting. Timetable Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 Preferred partner(s) for one experiment: Any other information you think we should know, comments, or special requests: Instructor Use Only (Please leave blank, it will be used by us to record your grades) Experiment Start Date Finish Date Mark Signature Oral Formal Advanced Physics Lab Experiment Preferences University of Toronto Fall 2018 Return this form to the Lab Coordinator in MP 251A by 4:00 pm on the first day, Sep. 7. (If the Coordinator is not there, place on shelf with their name in MP251 by the whiteboard.) If you do not return the form, we will randomly assign you a free experiment. Changes may be possible later, depending on experiment availability. List of experiments available: Code Prof Experiment Name AFM DB Atomic Force Microscope ASL DB Aperiodic Structures and Localization (under development) BRI DW Brillouin scattering CC PK Cloud Chamber C3D DW Conductivity in less than three dimensions COMP PK Measurement of the Compton total cross section ESR DW Electron spin resonance FAR SM Faraday Waves FE DB Ferroelectrics (under development) FTS DW Fourier transform spectroscopy FVF SM Fractal Viscous Fingering (new) GE PK Gamma ray spectroscopy with a germanium detector GRAN SM Granular Patterns HALL DB Semiconductor resistance, band gap, and Hall effect HEL SM Helicons in metals HENE DW The helium-neon laser (under development) HEP PK High energy physics HTC-M DB High temperature superconductors (Make) HTC-K DB High temperature superconductors (Kit) KNOT SM Knots and topological transformations in vibrating chains LAUE DB Laue back reflection of X-Rays LENS JT Lenses LPP JT Linear Pulse Propagation and Dispersion LTC SM Magnetization & transition temperatures of superconductors MASS DW Mass spectrometer MOS PK Mossbauer effect MUON PK Muon lifetime (under development) NEEL SM Phase change in chromium at the Neel temperature NMR DW Nuclear magnetic resonance PXR DB Powder method of X-ray analysis OPT JT Optical Tweezers QIE JT Quantum Interference and Entanglement RAM DW Raman effect RB JT Optical pumping of rubidium RES SM Electrical resistivity at low temperatures SOL SM Solitons (under development) SONO JT Sonoluminescence SQM JT SQUID magnetometer UFF JT Ultrafast Fibre Laser (under development) XRF DW X-ray fluorescence SPEC DB Special Projects These experiments are usually done together by two students; some other experiments will also be done in pairs this semester to accommodate the current large enrolment. Professors are: DB = David Bailey, PK = Peter Krieger, SM = Stephen Morris, JT = Joseph Thywissen, DW = Debra Wunch List in order of preference at least 25 of the experiments you would like to do. If you are taking this course for the first time, your rankings should include experiments for each professor. List the codes only: (List Most Preferred First): 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16) 17) 18) 19) 20) 21) 22) 23) 24) 25) 26) 27) 28) 29) 30) 31) 32) Students in PHY 327 and 424 should keep in mind that they must do experiments with 3 different professors. Please fill out the other side of this form as well Page 1 of 2 Please fill out the other side of this form as well Page 2 of 2

Tells us who you are Preference Sheet/Form name you would like used (e.g. on whiteboard) how to contact you when you will be in the lab which experiments you would like to do Experiments must be with different profs Due by 4pm today (or hand in this morning)

Whiteboard in MP251

Attendance Record Sheet First Name: Course #: Last Two Digits of a Student Number: Initial Date Time Initial Date Time 1. 26. 2. 27. 3. 28. Attendance Sheet 4. 29. 5. 30. 6. 31. 7. 32. 8. 33. 9. 34. 10. 35. 11. 36. 12. 37. 13. 38. 14. 39. 15. 40. 16. 41. 17. 42. 18. 43. 19. 44. 20. 45. 21. 46. 22. 47. 23. 48. 24. 49. 25. 50.

Attendance Record Form Complete top and place in red binder in MP251, and sign in whenever in the lab. By far our best predictor of student success in the Advanced Lab is whether we are seeing you regularly. It is possible skip lectures and still do well in a lecture course. You cannot skip many lab periods and do well in a lab course. Experiments take time! You can pull an all-nighter to finish a problem set, but not an experiment.

People http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~phy326/people.htm

IF YOU NEED HELP Look for (in order) Demo, Professor, Technologist. Profs and Demos are not around the whole lab period, but if you can t find someone, call them. Ask Lab Coordinator. Outside regular lab periods, you can still call, but we are less likely to be available. Modified reaching out blue, by Creativity103, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/creative_stock/12783164174

BUT No one in the lab understands all the experiments. If you ask a Professor or Demonstrator a question, the most common answer will be something like I don t know, let s sit down and see if we can figure it out.

Academic Integrity Office of Academic Integrity : http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/osai Honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility Ignorance is no excuse. All students are expected to be familiar with the University's rules The primary product of academia is knowledge, so plagiarism and lying are cardinal sins. Always fully attribute and acknowledge! don t forget to acknowledge help in notebook Read guidelines, talk to Coordinator if unsure.

Plagiarism in Writing Never use sources without attribution. e.g. Improperly copying just one sentence into your Formal Report is (in principle) sufficient for you to face serious sanctions from the Office of the Dean. It is better to lose a few marks because of poor writing instead of plagiarising and risking severe punishment. Students are caught and punished for plagiarising in the Advanced Lab.

Do not plagiarise Experiment Manuals for Formal Report!!!!!! Do not copy text except as properly attributed quotations! Attribute any figures used!! Do not plagiaphrase!!! Reordering phrases, switching a few words, or using synonyms is not sufficient. When paraphrasing, acknowledge the source somehow in the sentence/paragraph.

Safety Everyone's responsibility. Staff do their utmost to ensure a safe learning environment, but in the end it is your skin (and your colleague s). Always assess, consider, and mitigate any potential risks. Physics Health and Safety website http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/physics-atuoft/services/health-and-safety All safety related incidents, including close calls, must be reported to lab staff.

Hazards compressed gases cutting edges cryogenic fluids dust fire flammable liquids heat heavy metals heavy objects high voltage intense sound lasers liquid oxygen low voltage magnetic fields radioactivity slip and trip toxic chemicals ultraviolet light vacuum x-rays

Safety Equipment You must use safety equipment provided laser glasses, safety goggles, face-shields gloves, ear-protectors, dust masks Sandals are not safe and are not allowed. If you think you are missing safety equipment, ask any of the lab staff.

Fire Immediately notify lab staff if you smell any burning odour or see smoke. In case of fire: leave room, close door, pull alarm, exit building. If the fire alarm sounds, you must immediately exit the building. Do not use the elevator. Notify the Lab Coordinator at the beginning of the course if you have mobility issues that might prevent you from using the stairs. DO NOT RE-ENTER until authorized by Fire or Police Personnel.

Ionizing Radiation Any student using an X-ray machine must wear a radiation dosimeter available from Technologist in MP 250. Radioactive sources must be signed out from the Technologist. Radioactive sources must never be left unsupervised, and must be returned whenever you leave the lab.

Emergencies For immediate medical, fire, or police response, CALL 911, then call Campus Police at 416-978-2222. If in doubt, call. Note, from phone in MP251 (or any university phone) call 9-911, then 82222 This is McLennan Physics, North wing, 60 St. George Street, room numbers on doors.

Final safety comments Most common unexpected risk is slipping in a puddle from leak or spill. usually water, sometimes oil or particulates Don t leave a mess! Food and drink are not allowed in the laboratory. May eat or drink in MP251, but clean up. No question about safety is silly! Ask if you are unsure about anything.

Questions? Don t forget to take handouts. Physics Confession, https://xkcd.com/1867/, by Randall Munroe (CC BY-NC 2.5).

The Way of the Physicist Physicists construct mathematical / functional model of a physical system solve the model analytically or computationally make physical measurements of the system compare measurements with expectations communicate results with others improve model, calculation, experiment; iterate Lecture Course focus APL focus

How TO SUCCEED IN THE ADVANCED LAB Reminder The goal of the lab is to improve your ability to measure and model physical systems, and to communicate that knowledge.

Experiments are tough What was the first fundamental constant measured in the lab? What is the worst measured fundamental constant? Newton s Gravitational Constant: G N 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.5 G (10-11 N m2/kg 2 ) 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.1 6 1798 1838 1843 1873 1878 1889 1891 1895 1896 1896 1897 1898 1902 1930 1933 1942 1969 1972 1974 1976 1977 1981 1982 1987 1989 1995 1995 1996 1996 1997 1998 1998 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2010 2010 2013 2013 Year

(G N -G CODATA )/σ David Bailey, Why outliers are good for science, Significance Magazine, February 2018

Chi-squared Sum of distance-squared between data and curve, measured in units of the uncertainty. Consider n independent random variables x i, distributed as Gaussian densities with theoretical means µ i and standard deviations σ i, respectively. χ 2 = n i=1 x i µ i σ i The mean value of the χ 2 is approximately the number of degrees of freedom, e.g. the number of bins less the number of fit parameters. The chance that such Normal fluctuations will produce a χ 2 greater than that the value observed is known as the cumulative distribution function (CDF). 2

(G N -G CODATA )/σ c 2 /dof since 1798 is 138 (cdf=0) 1992 is 293 (cdf=0) 1995 is 13 (cdf=10-26 )

How science is really done. http://abstrusegoose.com/strips/it_is_obvious.png CC BY-NC 3.0 US (tagline rearranged) Original title: How most mathematical proofs are written.

(Un)Skills Unskills Fear of getting it wrong of equipment Frustration Not getting it right the first (or second or ) time Convert fear to mindfulness Skills Playing with equipment Persistence not giving up Problem solving Judgement are you finished? Focus

What is the Point? What is my goal? What am I trying to accomplish in this course? in this experiment? today? by making this measurement? by doing this instead of that?

Idealized Experiment Progress 3 weeks to complete each experiment. Week 1: Become familiar with physics and apparatus, make plenty of notes and sketches, and attempt some preliminary measurements. Week 2: Complete at least one data-taking run and gone through all the analysis steps at least once. Week 3: Have some good data with wellunderstood uncertainties, and most analysis and conclusions well documented.

Typical Experiment Mark Experiment - 75% Attendance 10% (2% per meeting with prof) Progress Check 5% Physics Understanding 10% Goals, underlying physics, anomaly identification, Experimental Skill 40% e.g. Ability to make the experiment work, response to problems and issues, quality of data, analysis and uncertainties. Innovation 10% New measurements, ideas, methods, Communications - 25% Final Summary Abstract 7% Notebook Quality 10% Clarity, completeness, organization, Interview Presentation 8% Most important is doing the best job possible under the circumstances.

Notebooks Remember kids, the only difference between screwing around and science, is writing it down. Adam Savage, Mythbusters, Episode 190 "Titanic Survival, Discovery Channel, 7 October 2012.

How a Prof reads a lab notebook We don t read every word. But we will be unhappy if we look for some information and cannot find it. Completeness first, legibility second Start with the Summary/Abstract Your chance to guide us. What is the point? What was accomplished? Where to find stuff? We love forward/backward cross-references. Can t get good marks for work that we don t know about or can t understand.

You need two lab notebooks You won t get first notebook back before second experiment starts. You may reuse lab notebooks from previous courses, number all pages from beginning of notebook, not beginning of experiment. dates at the top of each page; note time frequently. Notebooks are journals, not formal reports! Notebooks are journals, not formal reports!! record what happens when it happens, not later We don t want a beautiful fiction.

Photos document, diagrams model Write down all settings often unreadable in photo. makes you think about why they exist.

How to understand equipment First check for safety warnings and issues, then 1) Play with it. When I do this, that happens. Try to understand what it is supposed to do, i.e. model its function. 2) Read the manual. 3) Repeat (1).

Models Measurement Physical System 2018-09-06 David Bailey 47

ESR (Electron Magnetic Moment) Physics Model QED: µ " 1 + % " " & ( Fourteen thousand Feynman diagrams later % " 10 +, = 1159652181.643 ±0.025 (8 th order QED) ±0.023 (10 th order QED) ±0.016 (weak/hadronic) ±0.763 α LM+N Measurement Model dipole in uniform magnetic field field of Helmholtz coils gaussmeter microwaves Gunn diode Resonant Cavity waveguides magic T modes absorption electrical measurement oscilloscope, multimeter electrons in matter how free are they?

Problem solving 1) Restart Turn equipment off and on, restart program, reboot computer, retake data, 2) Read the manual. 3) Model, then compare to reality. 4) Calibrate Measure something you know. 5) Break down problem into components Test each component separately. 6) Iterate o But life is not always linear: sometimes components work fine alone, but not together.

Professor Skills Why professors are usually better than students at making experiments work. 1) Less fear and frustration 2) Experience Familiarity with instruments, failure modes 3) Modelling drives actions and measurements 4) Keep track of the point.

Where should you spend your time? 0.7 0.6 Lambda(QCD) 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 0.1 1 10 100 Energy (GeV)

Where should you spend your time? 0.7 0.6 Lambda(QCD) 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 0.1 1 10 100 Energy (GeV)

Flag Anomalies That s weird, If there is some aspect of your analysis (or experiment) that doesn t make sense, say so in your lab notebook! Even if you don t have time or the tools to investigate further, you want to be the one that points out issues, not the professor.

APL Mistakes Experiments Not showing up Not talking regularly to Profs & Demos Trying to understand everything before taking data. Taking data without understanding anything. Not analyzing data as you go. You can t understand your data without taking some data It is better to have less data that is well understood rather than lots of data poorly analyzed. Formal Report Skipping peer review only worth 1.1% of final grade but also typically lose several % because of poor report.

DATA: BY THE NUMBERS Questions? http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=462,

Data and Uncertainty Natural science is fundamentally inductive, not deductive. Data is used to modify our beliefs in whether hypotheses are true the likely values of parameters Uncertainties parameterize the likelihood that two measurements will agree. not the probability distribution of the true value Uncertainties are defined by convention. If everyone uses the same reasonable convention, we can compare results.

x σ means if other measurements of the same parameter are made, x i σ i, we expect x x i < σ 2 +σ i 2 68.3% of the time.

Normal (Gaussian) Distributions P( x) = 1 2πσ e 2 Mean µ, RMS width σ ( x µ ) 2 2σ 2 Limit of Binomial distribution for many trials with mean not near zero; for large counting statistics, μ=σ 2 =N. The Central Limit Theorem says (almost?) everything averages out to a Gaussian. Careful! Long tails are common, see http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/1/160600 Many resolution functions approximately Gaussian. Only distribution many physicists really know.

Systematic Uncertainties A correlated (rather than random) error that is NOT simply reduced by taking more data. Often due to inaccurate measurement model Mis-calibration, e.g. Thermocouple ref temp Uncertain inputs, e.g. COMP: Pure Pb? Theory dependence, e.g. Thick or thin LENS? Instrumental, e.g. ground loops Backgrounds, noise, inefficiencies,

Cauchy / Lorentzian / Breit- Wigner Distribution P( x) = 1 πσ 1+ x µ σ 2 Mean µ, FWHM width σ Average value, standard deviation are undefined, and all higher moments are undefined. Natural shape of spectroscopic lines, i.e. it is the fourier transform of and exponential decay. Gaussian

Experimental Paranoia Assume that the universe is conspiring to spoil your experiment. e.g. Don t assume equipment is calibrated, that it is the same as the last time you used it,* there are no typos, there is no noise, If you do make such assumptions, clearly state them in your notebook.

Fitting Fitting data means adjusting the variable parameters in the physics (mathematical) model so that it best agrees with the data. A metric is used to measure agreement between the model and the data. A fit minimizes the value of the metric. Most common metric is χ 2.

Software Matlab, Octave, Sage Maple, Mathematica, Reduce, Excel (for preliminary analysis) Faraday, DataStudio, Kaleidagraph, Python, C, C++, We don t care what you use, but we do care that you understand what you do. But, if in doubt, use Python, since that is best supported for UofT UG Physics.

Weighted Least Squares Minimize χ 2 = n i=1 y i f x i ;p ( ) σ i 2 Ordinary/linear least squares for equal uncertainties, minimizes χ 2 = 1 n y σ 2 i f x i ;p i=1 ( ( )) 2 Never, ever, use Ordinary Least Squares if the uncertainties are not equal! Fit should give best values for parameters, their uncertainties, and χ 2 and CDF (cumulative distribution function) for the fit.

Python for the Advanced Lab http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~phy326/python/ curve_fit_to_data.py or simple_curve_fit_to_data.py extended_curve_fit_to_data.py odr_fit_to_data.py for errors in x and y odr_fit_extended.py calibration or systematic errors non-gaussian uncertainties If you don t base your analysis on these examples, please be sure that you know what you are doing.

Example http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~phy326/python/curve_fit _to_data.py

χ 2 does not tell you everything pp π + π 0 π Charge Conjugation Test 1.4 1.2 1 π + / π Ratio 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2! " = 218.9 200 D.O.F. C.L. = 18% N(π + ) = 202128 N(π ) = 200197 0 0 0.5 1 Momentum

1.2 Is this a good fit? i.e. Do (red) data and (yellow) model agree? 1 π + / π Ratio 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2! " = 218.9 200 D.O.F. C.L. = 18.4% N(π + ) =202128 N(π + ) =200197 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

Correlated Errors e.g. common offset uncertainty Minimize n χ 2 = ( y i f ( x i ;p)) y j f ( x j ;p) 1 V ij i=1 j=1 Covariance matrix n V = ( y µ )( y µ ) i j ( ) = δ ij σ 2 = δ ij σ 2 + b 2 if y i uncorrelated common uncertainty b

Is this a good fit? 0.9 y 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3! " = 729 17 D.O.F. C.L. = 6 10-142 % 0.2 0.1 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 x

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0 1 2 3 4 x What about this data?! " = 15 17 D.O.F. C.L. = 60% y

How do you fit this data?

Orthogonal Distance Regression Good when both σ x and σ y are significant Minimizes orthogonal distances from data to curve: 2 n ε i + δ i dy * dy * i=1 2

ODR Example (parabola_xy_errors.txt) ODR: χ 2 /df (cdf) = 0.96 (51%) LSq: = 3.3 (0.0002%)

Data analysis in the Advanced Lab References P.R.Bevington and D.K.Robinson, Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences, 3 rd Ed., (McGraw-Hill 2002). I.G. Hughes and T.P.A. Hase, Measurements and their Uncertainties: A Practical Guide to Modern Error Analysis (Oxford 2010) Lectures on course website by Bailey, Krieger, Thywissen, Harrison

Data Analysis Assignment Required of all first-time APL students Ensures students have skills needed for APL data analysis. nonlinear fitting uncertainties in both x and y careful thought and communication about analysis and uncertainty.

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Reminders Return Experiment Preference Sheet by 4pm today. Read the course outline. Have Fun! NORMAL PERSON SCIENTIST The Difference, https://xkcd.com/242/, by Randall Munroe (CC BY-NC 2.5), rearranged