I finally found the book I had missed since starting my doctoral studies. The funny part is that I never lost it. It had been standing in the library for all the years, and I just did not know its existence.

The name of the book is “Building Scientific Apparatus” written by Moore, Davis & Coplan. It describes the practical aspects of doing physics and gives hands-on advice. This is a clear difference from the “theoretic” textbooks, where rays are always straight, and all distances have integer numbers.

The book gives helpful advice regarding how to do physics in the physical world.

Google will help you to find a source for the latest edition. The book seems to be quite popular at CERN… 🌐https://www.google.com/search?q=building+scientific+apparatus