Textbooks
Fall 2011
The following textbooks have been finalized for
Fall 2011.
More courses will be posted as soon as the information is available.
ASTR 263
( ASTR26300) - Descriptive Astronomy: The Solar SystemInstructor: MOFFETT, THOMAS
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Introductory Astronomy Lab Manual | I. Shipsey, J. Coy & B. MacCall | Latest | McGraw-Hill | ALL | ||
Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy | Thomas T. Arny & Stephen Schneider | 6th; 2010c | 0077517946 | McGraw-Hill | ALL |
ASTR 363
( ASTR36300) - Intermediate Astronomy IInstructor: CAFFEE, MARC
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Physical Processes in the Solar System | John D. Landstreet | Available in class | ALL | |||
An Introductory to the Solar System | McBride and Gilmour | March 1, 2004 | 0521546206 | Cambridge University Press | ALL |
ASTR 370
( ASTR37000) - CosmologyInstructor: LYUTIKOV, MAXIM
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: PETERSON, JOHN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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REQUIRED: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction | Peter Schneider | 1 Ed. (November 14, 2006) | 3540331743 | Springer Science & Business Media LLC | ALL | |
REQUIRED: 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: GUTAY, LASZLO J.
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Physics | Cutnell & Johnson | 8th; Vol. 1 | Wiley & Sons | ALL | ||
REQUIRED: Casio FX-260SLRSC Calculator | ALL |
PHYS 172
( PHYS17200) - Modern MechanicsInstructor: HIRSCH, ANDREW
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Matter & Interaction V1 Webassign 1s Set or | Chabay & Sherwood | 3rd | 9780470597798 | Wiley & Sons | ALL | |
Matter & Interactions Vol. 1 | Chabay & Sherwood | 3rd | 9780470503454 | Wiley & Sons | ALL | |
WebAssign | www.webassign.net/purdue/login.html | ALL | ||||
i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL | ||||
Physics 172 Laboratory Manual | Fall 2011 | 978-0-7380-4621-1 | Hayden-McNeil | ALL |
PHYS 172H
( PHYS17200) - Modern Mechanics - HonorsInstructor: CARLSON, ERICA
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Matter & Interactions w/WebAssign Set | Chabay & Sherwood | 3rd, Vol. 1 w/WebAssign Set | 9780470597798 | Wiley & Sons | ALL | |
Matter & Interactions Vol 1 | Chabay & Sherwood | 3rd | 9780470503454 | Wiley & Sons | ALL | |
Physics 172 Laboratory Manual | Fall 2011 | Hayden-McNeil | ALL | |||
WebAssign | www.webassign.net/purdue/login.html | ALL | ||||
i>Clicker | 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 | 6th or 7th | 6th(9780073512112) or 7th(0073512206) | McGraw-Hill | ALL | |
i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 215
( PHYS21500) - Physics For Elementary EducationInstructor: KOLTICK, DAVID
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 | |
i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 218
( PHYS21800) - General PhysicsInstructor: TODD, BRIAN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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College Physics | N. Giordano | 1st; Vol. 1 | 053446243X | Cengage Learning | ALL | |
Physics 218 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki, Nick Giordano & Michael Zimmer | Fall 2011/Spring 2012 | LAD Custom Publishing | ALL | ||
i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 219
( PHYS21900) - General PhysicsInstructor: KRUCZENSKI, MARTIN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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College Physics | Nick Giordano | 1st; Vol. 2 | 13-978-0-534-46244-4 | Cengage Learning | ALL | |
Physics 219 & Physics 221 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki & Jennifer Jourdan | Fall 2011/Spring 2012 | LAD Custom Publishing, 2010 | ALL |
PHYS 220
( PHYS22000) - General PhysicsInstructor: GARRELTS, ALYSSA
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 | |
Physics 220 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki, Sharon Comer & Michael Zimmer | Fall 2011/Spring 2012 | LAD Custom Publishing, 2011 | ALL |
PHYS 221
( PHYS22100) - General PhysicsInstructor: NOLTE, DAVID
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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College Physics | Nick Giordano | 1st; Vol. 2 | 13-978-0-534-46244-4 | Cengage Learning | ALL | |
Physics 219 & Physics 221 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki & Jennifer Jourdan | Fall 2011/Spring 2012 | LAD Custom Publishing, 2011 | ALL | ||
i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 241
( PHYS24100) - Electricity and OpticsInstructor: PYRAK-NOLTE, LAURA
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers | R. Tipler & G. Mosca | 6e + ebook | 1429284587 | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL | |
i>clickers | Bedford/ Freeman/ Worth | ALL |
PHYS 272
( PHYS27200) - Electric And Magnetic InteractionsInstructor: MANFRA, MICHAEL
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Matter & Interactions Vol. 2 | Chabay & Sherwood | 3rd; (January 7, 2010) | 9780470597804 | Wiley & Sons | ALL | |
Physics 272 Labs Available on the Phys 272 Website | 2011 | ALL | ||||
i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL | ||||
WebAssign | www.webassign.net/purdue/login.html | 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: KOLTICK, DAVID
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: LISTER, MATT
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: REIFENBERGER, RONALD
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Modern Physics: for Scientists and Engineers | John Morrison | January 12, 2010 | 0123751128 | Academic Press | 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 R: The Laws of Physics Are Frame-Independent | Thomas Moore | 2nd | 0-07-239714-4 | McGraw-Hill | ALL | |
Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: Unit Q: Particles Behave Like Waves | Thomas A. Moore | 2nd | 0-07-239713-6 | McGraw-Hill | ALL |
PHYS 410
( PHYS41000) - Physical Mechanics I (Honors)Instructor: LANG, RAFAEL
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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OPTIONAL: Classical Dynamics of Particles & Systems | Thornton & Marion | 5th; July 7, 2003 | 0534408966 | Brooks/Cole | 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 431
( PHYS43100) - Electricity And Magnetism II (Honors)Instructor: MUZIKAR, PAUL
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 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 | ||
"Roaring Springs" Laboratory Notebook #77644 | ALL | |||||
OR: Optics | Hecht | 4th | 0-8053-8566-5 | Addison-Wesley | ALL |
PHYS 460
( PHYS46000) - Quantum Mechanics I (Honors)Instructor: NEUMEISTER, NORBERT
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics | David J. Griffiths | 2nd; April 10, 2004 | 0-13-111892-7 | Benjamin Cummings | ALL |
PHYS 521
( PHYS52100) - Survey of Classical PhysicsInstructor: NAKANISHI, HISAO
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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RECOMMENDED: Introduction to Classical Mechanics With Problems and Solutions | David Morin | 1 Ed. (Feb., 2008) | 978-0-521-87622-3 | Cambridge University Press | ALL | |
RECOMMENDED: Schaum's Outline of Electromagnetics | Joseph Edminister & Mahmood Nahvi-Dekhordi | 3rd; (October 26, 2010) | 9780071632355 | McGraw-Hill | ALL | |
SUGGESTED READING: An Introduction to Thermal Physics | Daniel V. Schroeder | 1st | 0201380277 | Addison Wesley | ALL |
PHYS 550
( PHYS55000) - Introduction to Quantum MechanicsInstructor: RODRIGUEZ, JORGE
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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RECOMMENDED: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics | David J. Griffiths | 2nd; (April 10, 2004) | 0131118927 | Prentice Hall | ALL | |
RECOMMENDED: Physics of Atoms and Molecules | B.H. Bransden & C.J. Joachain | 2nd; (June 23, 2003) | 058235692X | Prentice Hall | ALL |
PHYS 556
( PHYS55600) - Introductory Nuclear PhysicsInstructor: XIE, WEI
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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REQUIRED: Introductory Nuclear Physics | Kenneth Krane | Latest | 0-471-80553-X | Wiley | ALL | |
Ultrarelativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions | Romona Vogt | July 18, 2007 | 978-0-444-52196-5 | Elsevier Science Publishers | 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: PETERSON, JOHN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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REQUIRED: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction | Peter Schneider | 1 Ed. (November 14, 2006) | 3540331743 | Springer Science & Business Media LLC | ALL | |
REQUIRED: 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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Introduction to Elementary Particles Physics | Alessandro Bettini | 1st; (June 8, 2008) | 0521880211 | Cambridge University Press | 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: Biophysics: An Introduction | Roland Glaser | 5th | 3540670882 | Springer | ALL |
PHYS 570K
( PHYS57000) - Physics of Low-Dimensional Semiconductor StructuresInstructor: ROKHINSON, LEONID
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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SUGGESTED: Semiconductor Nanostructures | Thomas Ihn | February 8, 2010 | 0199534425 | Oxford University Press, USA | ALL | |
SUGGESTED: Spin Physics in Semiconductors | Mikhail I. Dyakonov | 1st; September 25, 2008 | 3540788190 | Springer | ALL | |
SUGGESTED: Introduction to Spintronics | Supriyo Bandyopadyay & Marc Cahay | 2008 | 0849331331 | CRC Press | 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: GARFINKEL, ARTHUR
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Classical Mechanics: A Contemporary Approach (Paperback) | Jorge V. Jose & Eugene J. Saletan | August 13, 1998 | 0521636361 | Cambridge University Press | ALL | |
RECOMMENDED: Geometrical Methods of Mathematical Physics | Bernard Schutz | January 28, 1980 | 0521298873 | Cambridge University Press | ALL |
PHYS 630
( PHYS63000) - Advanced Theory Of Electricity And MagnetismInstructor: CSATHY, GABOR
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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RECOMMENDED: Condensed Matter Physics | Michael P. Marder | 1st; January 7, 2000 | 0471177792 | Wiley-Interscience | ALL | |
Solid State Physics | Ashcroft/Mermin | 1st | 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: HU, JIANGPING
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 | 2nd | 0-201-53929-2 | Addison-Wesley | ALL |