Textbooks
Fall 2009
The following textbooks have been finalized for
Fall 2009.
More courses will be posted as soon as the information is available.
ASTR 263
( ASTR26300) - Descriptive Astronomy: The Solar SystemInstructor: RHEE, JAEHYON
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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RECOMMENDED: Cosmic Perspective Media Update with Mastering Astronomy | Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit | 5th | 0321551389 | Addison-Wesley | ALL | |
ACCEPTABLE: Cosmic Perspective | Jeff Bennett | 5th | 0-321-50567-0 | Addison-Wesley | ALL | |
Introductory Astronomy Lab Manual | I. Shipsey, J. Coy & B. MacCall | 6th | 0-07-353949-X | McGraw-Hill | ALL |
ASTR 363
( ASTR36300) - Intermediate Astronomy IInstructor: LISTER, MATT
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Physics and Chemistry of the Solar System | John S. Lewis | 2nd | 012446744X | Academic Press | ALL |
ASTR 370
( ASTR37000) - CosmologyInstructor: FINLEY, JOHN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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An Introduction to Modern Cosmology(Paperback) | Andrew Liddle | 2nd; May 23, 2003 | 978-0470848357 | Wiley & Sons | ALL |
ASTR 561
( ASTR56100) - Galaxies and Large Scale StructureInstructor: LYUTIKOV, MAXIM
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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OPTIONAL: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction | Peter Schneider | 1 Ed. (November 14, 2006) | 3540331743 | Springer Science & Business Media LLC | ALL | |
OPTIONAL: Galactic Dynamics | James Binney and Scott Tremaine | 2nd; January 7, 2008 | 0691130272 | Princeton University Press | ALL |
ASTR 563
( ASTR56300) - Astroparticle PhysicsInstructor: CUI,WEI K
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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SUGGESTED: Introduction to Cosmology | Barbara Ryden | October 18, 2002 | 0-8053-8912-1 | Benjamin Cummings | ALL | |
SUGGESTED: Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics | Bergstrom & Goobar | 2nd | 3-540-32924-2 | Springer-Verlag | ALL |
PHYS 149
( PHYS14900) - Mechanics, Heat, and Wave MotionInstructor: NEUMEISTER, NORBERT
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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College Physics | Giambattista, Richardson, & Richardson | 2nd; Vol. 1 | 0-07-325641-2 | McGraw-Hill | ALL | |
i>Clicker | 0-7167-7939-0 | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 172
( PHYS17200) - Modern MechanicsInstructor: PETERSON, JOHN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Matter & Interactions | Chabay & Sherwood | 2nd, Vol. 1 w/WebAssign Set | 9780470897430 | Wiley & Sons | ALL | |
i>Clicker | 0-7167-7939-0 | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL | |||
WebAssign | If purchasing a used textbook, webassign access codes are available online for purchase. Location for WebAssign (http://webassign.net/info/signup) | ALL | ||||
Physics 172 Laboratory Manual | Hayden-McNeil | ALL |
PHYS 172H
( PHYS17200) - Modern Mechanics - HonorsInstructor: CARLSON, ERICA
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Matter & Interactions | Chabay & Sherwood | 2nd, Vol. 1 w/WebAssign Set | 9780470897430 | Wiley & Sons | ALL | |
Physics 172 Laboratory Manual | Fall 2009 | Hayden-McNeil | ALL | |||
WebAssign | If purchasing a used textbook, webassign access codes are available online for purchase. Location for WebAssign (http://webassign.net/info/signup) | ALL | ||||
i>Clicker | 0-7167-7939-0 | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 214
( PHYS21400) - The Nature of PhysicsInstructor: MILLER, DAVID
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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The Physics of Everyday Phenomena | W. Thomas Griffith | 5th | 0-07-325315-4 | McGraw-Hill | ALL | |
i>Clicker | 0-7167-7939-0 | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 215
( PHYS21500) - Physics For Elementary EducationInstructor: COOPER, BARBARA
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Physics and Everyday Thinking | Fred Goldberg, Steve Robinson and Valerie Otero | 2nd; Vol. 2 | 978-1-58591-665-8 | Herff-Jones Educ. Div | ALL |
PHYS 218
( PHYS21800) - General PhysicsInstructor: MOFFETT, THOMAS
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Principles of Physics | 1.3 | 66865-1-1.IN (CD) | Kinetic Books | ALL | ||
Physics 218 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki, Nick Giordano & Michael Zimmer | 2009/2010 | LAD Custom Publishing, 2008 | ALL |
PHYS 219
( PHYS21900) - General PhysicsInstructor: REIFENBERGER, RONALD
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Principles of Physics | Kinetic Books | 1.3 | 66865-1-1.IN (CD) | Kinetic Books | ALL | <a href="http://www.physics.purdue.edu/academic_programs/courses/phys219/announcements.php?a=141">Please read: information regarding the textbook</a> |
Physics 219 & Physics 221 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki & Jennifer Jourdan | 2009/2010 | LAD Custom Publishing, 2008 | ALL |
PHYS 220
( PHYS22000) - General PhysicsInstructor: NEUMEISTER, NORBERT
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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College Physics | Nick Giordano | 1st; Vol. 1 (Published in July) | 0-49-5739901 | Cengage Learning | ALL | |
i>Clicker | 0-7167-7939-0 | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL | |||
Physics 220 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki, Sharon Comer & Michael Zimmer | 2009/2010 | LAD Custom Publishing, 2008 | ALL |
PHYS 221
( PHYS22100) - General PhysicsInstructor: PYRAK-NOLTE, LAURA
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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College Physics | Nick Giordano | 1st; Vol. 2 | 10: 0-534-46244-8 | Cengage Learning | ALL | |
Physics 219 & Physics 221 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki & Jennifer Jourdan | Fall 2009 | LAD Custom Publishing, 2008 | ALL | ||
i>Clicker | 0-7167-7939-0 | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 241
( PHYS24100) - Electricity and OpticsInstructor: KOLTICK, DAVID
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers | Paul Tipler & Gene Mosca | 6th | 1-4292-0133-9; Vol. 2 | Freeman | ALL | |
i>Clicker | 0-7167-7939-0 | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 272
( PHYS27200) - Electric And Magnetic InteractionsInstructor: HIRSCH, ANDREW
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Matter & Interactions | Chabay & Sherwood | Vol. 2 w/WebAssign Set | 9780470136096 | Wiley-Interscience | ALL | |
Physics 272 Laboratory Manual | 2009 | Available only at "Boiler Copy Maker" in the Union RM157 | ALL | |||
WebAssign | If purchasing a used textbook, webassign access codes are available online for purchase. Location for WebAssign (http://webassign.net/info/signup) | ALL | ||||
i>Clicker | 0-7167-7939-0 | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL | |||
Supplies: 2-D cell batteries | ALL |
PHYS 290F
( PHYS29000) - Mathematical Methods For Physics IInstructor: KAUFMANN, BIRGIT
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Basic Training in Mathematics | R. Shankar | 2006 | 0-306-45036-4 | Springer | ALL |
PHYS 290M
( PHYS29000) - Service Learning OutreachInstructor: JONES, MATTHEW
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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No Text Assigned | ALL |
PHYS 310
( PHYS31000) - Intermediate MechanicsInstructor: MALLIS, OANA
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Analytical Mechanics | Fowles & Cassiday | 7th | 0-534-49492-7 | Thomson-Brooks/Coles | ALL |
PHYS 322
( PHYS32200) - OpticsInstructor: NOLTE, DAVID
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Optics | Eugene Hecht | 4th | 0-8053-8566-5 | Addison-Wesley | ALL |
PHYS 330
( PHYS33000) - Intermediate Electricity and MagnetismInstructor: TODD, BRIAN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Introduction to Electrodynamics | David J. Griffiths | 3rd | 0-13-805326-X | Prentice Hall | ALL |
PHYS 340
( PHYS34000) - Modern Physics Laboratory (was 342L)Instructor: JONES, MATTHEW
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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340 Lab Manual | - | - | - | Available only at "Boiler Copy Maker" in the Union RM157 | ALL | |
Scientific Bindery Notebook | ALL |
PHYS 342
( PHYS34200) - Modern PhysicsInstructor: CAFFEE, MARC
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: Unit Q: Particles Behave Like Waves | Thomas Moore | 2nd | 0-07-239713-6 | McGraw-Hill | ALL | |
Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: Unit R: The Laws of Physics are Frame-Independent (Relativity) | Thomas Moore | Latest | 007-239714-4 | McGraw-Hill | ALL |
PHYS 344
( PHYS34400) - Introduction to Quantum ScienceInstructor: HAUGAN, MARK
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: Unit Q: Particles Behave Like Waves | Thomas A. Moore | 2nd | 0-07-239713-6 | McGraw-Hill | ALL | |
Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: Unit R: The Laws of Physics Are Frame-Independent | Thomas Moore | 2nd | 0-07-239714-4 | McGraw-Hill | ALL |
PHYS 410
( PHYS41000) - Physical Mechanics I (Honors)Instructor: GARFINKEL, ARTHUR
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Analytical Mechanics | Louis Hand & Janet Finch | 1998 (Paperback) | 0-521-575729 | Cambridge University Press | ALL |
PHYS 416
( PHYS41600) - Thermal and Statistical Physics (Honors)Instructor: SAVIKHIN, SERGEI
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Thermal Physics | Charles Kittel | 2nd (March 1980) | 0716710889 | W.H. Freeman | ALL |
PHYS 450
( PHYS45000) - Optics Laboratory I (Honors)Instructor: RAMDAS, ANANT
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Fundamentals of Optics | Francis A. Jenkins & Harvey E. White | 4th | Tichenor Publishing | ALL | ||
OR: Optics | Hecht | 4th | 0-8053-8566-5 | Addison-Wesley | ALL | |
"Roaring Springs" Laboratory Notebook #77644 | ALL |
PHYS 460
( PHYS46000) - Quantum Mechanics I (Honors)Instructor: HU, JIANGPING
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics | David J. Griffiths | Latest | 0-13-111892-7 | Prentice Hall | ALL |
PHYS 461
( PHYS46100) - Quantum Mechanics II (Honors)Instructor: LOVE, SHERWIN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics | David J. Griffiths | 2nd | 0-131118927 | Prentice Hall | ALL |
PHYS 515
( PHYS51500) - Thermal and Statistical PhysicsInstructor: CHEN, YONG
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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REQUIRED: Thermal Physics | Kittel & Kroemer | 2nd | 0-7167-1088-9 | Freeman & Co. | ALL | |
RECOMMENDED: Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics | David Chandler | 1987 | 0195042778 | Oxford University Press | ALL |
PHYS 521
( PHYS52100) - Survey of Classical PhysicsInstructor: XIE, WEI
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems | Thornton & Marion | 5th | 0-534-408996-6 | Thomson Publishing | ALL | |
OPTIONAL: Thermal Physics | Kittel & Kroemer | 0716710889 | Freeman & Co. | ALL | ||
Introduction to Electrodynamics | David J. Griffiths | 3rd | 013805326X | Prentice Hall | ALL | |
REFERENCE: Introduction to Classical Mechanics With Problems and Solutions | David Morin | 1 Ed. (Feb., 2008) | 978-0-521-87622-3 | Cambridge University Press | ALL |
PHYS 526
( PHYS52600) - Quantum Computing (was 570C)Instructor: LYANDA-GELLER,YULI
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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REQUIRED: Quantum Computer Science: An Introduction | N. David Mermin | 1 Ed. (Sept. 2007) | 0521876583 | Cambridge University Press | ALL | |
RECOMMENDED: Quantum Computation and Quantum Information | Michael A. Nielsen & Isaac L. Chuang | 1 Ed. (Sept. 2000) | 0521635039 | Cambridge University Press | ALL | |
RECOMMENDED: The Physics of Quantum Information: Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Computation (Hardcover) | Dick Bouwmeester, Artur K. Ekert & Anton Zeilinger | 1 Ed. (June 2000) | 3540667784 | Springer | ALL | |
RECOMMENDED: Classical and Quantum Computation (Graduate Studies in Mathematics)(Paperwork) | A. Yu. Kitaev, A.H. Shen, M.N. Vyalyi | July 2002 | 0821832298 | Amer Mathematical Society | ALL |
PHYS 550
( PHYS55000) - Introduction to Quantum MechanicsInstructor: DURBIN, STEVE
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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An Introduction to Quantum Physics | David J. Griffiths | 2nd | 0-13-111892-7 | Prentice Hall | ALL |
PHYS 556
( PHYS55600) - Introductory Nuclear PhysicsInstructor: WANG, FUQIANG
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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REQUIRED: Introductory Nuclear Physics | Kenneth Krane | Latest | 0-471-80553-X | Wiley | ALL | |
OPTIONAL: Introduction to High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions | Cheuk-Yin Wong | December 1994 | 9810202636 | World Scientific Publishing | ALL |
PHYS 561
( PHYS56100) - Galaxies and Large Scale StructureInstructor: LYUTIKOV, MAXIM
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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OPTIONAL: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction | Peter Schneider | 1 Ed. (November 14, 2006) | 3540331743 | Springer Science & Business Media LLC | ALL | |
OPTIONAL: Galactic Dynamics | James Binney and Scott Tremaine | 2nd; January 7, 2008 | 0691130272 | Princeton University Press | ALL |
PHYS 563
( PHYS56300) - Astroparticle PhysicsInstructor: CUI,WEI K
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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SUGGESTED: Introduction to Cosmology | Barbara Ryden | October 18, 2002 | 0-8053-8912-1 | Benjamin Cummings | ALL | |
SUGGESTED: Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics | Bergstrom & Goobar | 2nd | 3-540-32924-2 | Springer-Verlag | ALL |
PHYS 564
( PHYS56400) - Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics IInstructor: BARNES, VIRGIL
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Notes will be available in class | ALL |
PHYS 570G
Instructor: PUSHKAR, YULIA
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Biological Physics: Energy, Information, Life | Philip Nelson | 1st; Updated Version | 0716798972 | Freeman & Co. | ALL | |
SUGGESTED READING: Principles of Neural Science (Hardcover) | Eric Kandel, James Schwartz & Thomas Jessel | 4th | 0838577016 | McGraw-Hill | ALL | |
SUGGESTED READING: Biophysics: An Introduction | Roland Glaser | 5th | 3540670882 | Springer | ALL |
PHYS 580
( PHYS58000) - Computational PhysicsInstructor: RODRIGUEZ, JORGE
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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REQUIRED: Computational Physics | J.M. Thijssen | 2nd; (April 9, 2007) | 0521833469 | Cambridge University Press | ALL | |
OPTIONAL: Computational Physics | N. Giordano & H. Nakanishi | 2nd; (July 13, 2005) | 0131469908 | Benjamin Cummings | ALL |
PHYS 600
( PHYS60000) - Methods of Theoretical Physics IInstructor: FISCHBACH, EPHRAIM
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Mathematical Methods for Physicists | Arfken & Weber | 6th | 0-12-059876-0 | Academic Press | ALL |
PHYS 605
( PHYS60500) - Pedagogical Methods for Physics Graduate Students (was 670A)Instructor: GIORDANO, NICHOLAS
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Five Easy Lessons | Randall D. Knight | 0-8053-8702-1 | Addison-Wesley | ALL |
PHYS 610
( PHYS61000) - Advanced Theoretical MechanicsInstructor: KIM, YEONG
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Classical Mechanics | Goldstein, Poole & Safko | 3rd | 0-201-65702-3 | Addison-Wesley | ALL |
PHYS 630
( PHYS63000) - Advanced Theory Of Electricity And MagnetismInstructor: KUO,TZEE-KE
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Classical Electrodynamics | J.D. Jackson | 3rd | 0-471-30932-X | J. Wiley & Sons | ALL |
PHYS 645
( PHYS64500) - Electron Theory of Solids IInstructor: GIULIANI, GABRIELE
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Solid State Physics | Ashcroft/Mermin | Latest | 0-03-083993-9 | Brooks/Cole | ALL | |
RECOMMENDED: Quantum Theory of the Electron Liquid | Gabriele Giuliani & Giovanni Vignale | March 31, 2005 | 0521821126 | Cambridge University Press | ALL |
PHYS 659
( PHYS65900) - Elementary Particle Physics IIInstructor: CLARK, THOMAS
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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REQUIRED: Weak Scale Supersymmetry: From Superfields to Scattering Events | Howard Baer & Xerxes Tata | May 29, 2006 | 0521857864 | Cambridge University Press | ALL |
PHYS 660
( PHYS66000) - Quantum Mechanics IInstructor: KRUCZENSKI, MARTIN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Modern Quantum Mechanics | J.J. Sakurai | 2nd; (Jan. 15, 1994) | 0201539292 | Addison-Wesley | ALL |
PHYS 661
( PHYS66100) - Quantum Mechanics IIInstructor: KHLEBNIKOV, SERGEI
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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REQUIRED: Modern Quantum Mechanics | J.J. Sakurai | Latest | 0-201-53929-2 | Addison-Wesley | ALL |