Textbooks
Fall 2012
The following textbooks have been finalized for
Fall 2012.
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 (No buy backs) | I. Shipsey, J. Coy & B. MacCall | Latest | 978-007-353-9492 | McGraw-Hill | ALL | |
Explorations: An 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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An Introductory to the Solar System | McBride and Gilmour | March 1, 2004 | 0521546206 | Cambridge University Press | ALL | |
Physical Processes in the Solar System | John D. Landstreet | Available in class | 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: 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 | Benjamin Cummings | ALL |
PHYS
Instructor: KRUCZENSKI, MARTIN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 149
( PHYS14900) - Mechanics, Heat, and Wave MotionInstructor: SCHARENBERG, ROLF
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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College Physics | Giambattista, Richardson & Richardson | 3rd; Vol. 1 or 4th, Vol. 1 | 007726312X(3rd); 978-007-7437862(4th) | McGraw-Hill | ALL | |
i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 172
( PHYS17200) - Modern MechanicsInstructor: HIRSCH, ANDREW
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Matter & Interactions Vol. 1 | Chabay & Sherwood | 3rd | 9780470503454 | Wiley & Sons | ALL | |
Matter & Interaction V1 Webassign 1s Set | Chabay & Sherwood | 3rd | 9780470597798 | Wiley & Sons | ALL | |
Physics 172 Lab will be on-line | Fall 2012 | ALL | ||||
WebAssign | www.webassign.net/purdue/login.html | ALL | ||||
i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 172H
( PHYS17200) - Modern Mechanics - HonorsInstructor: BARNES, VIRGIL
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Matter & Interactions Vol 1 | Chabay & Sherwood | 3rd | 9780470503454 | Wiley & Sons | ALL | |
Matter & Interaction V1 Webassign 1s Set | Chabay & Sherwood | 3rd | 9780470597798 | Wiley & Sons | ALL | |
Physics 172H Lab will be on-line | Fall 2012 | ALL | ||||
i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL | ||||
WebAssign | www.webassign.net/purdue/login.html | 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, 6th or 7th (are all acceptable) | 6th(9780073512112) or 7th(0073512206) | McGraw-Hill | ALL | |
i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 215
( PHYS21500) - Physics For Elementary EducationInstructor: HAUGAN, MARK
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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Hybrid College Physics Custom Loose-leaf | N. Giordano | 2nd; Vol. 1 | 9780495991571 | Cengage Learning | ALL | |
Physics 218 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki, Nick Giordano & Michael Zimmer | 2012/2013 | 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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Hybrid College Physics Custom Loose-leaf | Nick Giordano | 2nd; Vol. 2 | 9780495999959 | Cengage Learning | ALL | |
Physics 219 & Physics 221 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki & Jennifer Jourdan | 2012/2013 | LAD Custom Publishing | ALL |
PHYS 220
( PHYS22000) - General PhysicsInstructor: RITCHIE, KEN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Hybrid College Physics Custom Loose-leaf | Nick Giordano | 2nd; Vol. 1 | 0-49-5739901 | Cengage Learning | ALL | |
Physics 220 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki, Sharon Comer & Michael Zimmer | 2012/2013 | LAD Custom Publishing | ALL |
PHYS 221
( PHYS22100) - General PhysicsInstructor: NOLTE, DAVID
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Hybrid College Physics Custom Loose-leaf | Nick Giordano | 2nd; Vol. 2 | 9780495999959 | Cengage Learning | ALL | |
Physics 219 & Physics 221 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki & Jennifer Jourdan | 2012/2013 | LAD Custom Publishing | 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 241D
( PHYS24100) - Electricity and OpticsInstructor: PYRAK-NOLTE, LAURA
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Physics for Scientists & Engineers | R. Tipler & G. Mosca | 6e + ebook | 1429284587 | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 272
( PHYS27200) - Electric And Magnetic InteractionsInstructor: CARLSON, ERICA
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 | |
Matter & Interaction 3E V2 Webassign 1S Set | Chabay & Sherwood | 3rd; (January 7, 2010) | 9780470597804 | Wiley & Sons | ALL | |
Physics 272 Labs Available on the Phys 272 Website | 2012 | ALL | ||||
WebAssign | www.webassign.net/purdue/login.html | ALL | ||||
i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL | ||||
Supplies: 2-D cell batteries | ALL |
PHYS 306(WAS 290F)
Instructor: FISCHBACH, EPHRAIM
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 310
( PHYS31000) - Intermediate MechanicsInstructor: SAVIKHIN, SERGEI
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Analytical Mechanics | Fowles & Cassiday | 7th | 978-0534494926 | Thomson-Brooks/Coles | ALL |
PHYS 322
( PHYS32200) - OpticsInstructor: MALIS, OANA
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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Electromagnetism | Pollack & Stump | 1st | 978-0805385670 | Addison-Wesley | ALL | |
OPTIONAL: 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: CUI,WEI K
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Modern Physics | Tipler & Llewellyn | 6th | 978-1-4292-5078-8 | Freeman & Co. | ALL |
PHYS 344
( PHYS34400) - Introduction to Quantum ScienceInstructor: HAUGAN, MARK
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Notes Provided | 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: KHLEBNIKOV, 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 | ||
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: 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: Introduction to Electrodynamics | David J. Griffiths | 3rd | 013805326X | Prentice Hall | ALL | |
RECOMMENDED: An Introduction to Thermal Physics | Daniel V. Schroeder | 1st | 0201380277 | Addison-Wesley | 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) | 978-0521876582 | 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) | 978-3540667780 | Springer | ALL | |
RECOMMENDED: Quantum Computation and Quantum Information | Michael A. Nielsen & Isaac L. Chuang | 1 Ed. (Sept. 2007) | 978-1107002173 | Cambridge University Press | ALL | |
classical and Quantum Computation (Graduate Studies in Mathematics)(Paperback) | A. Yu. Kitaev, A.H. Shen, M.N. Vyalyi | May 2002 | 978-0821832295 | Amer Mathematical Society | 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: Quantum Mechanics | B.H. Bransden & C.J. Joachain | 2nd | 0582356911 | 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 | 3rd; (October 22, 1987) | 978-0471805533 | Wiley & Sons | ALL | |
OPTIONAL: Introduction to High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions | Cheuk-Yin Wong | December 1994 | 9810202636 | World Scientific Publishing | ALL | |
OPTIONAL: Ultrarelativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions | Romona Vogt | July 18, 2007 | 978-0-444-52196-5 | Elsevier Science Publishers | 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 564
( PHYS56400) - Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics IInstructor: GUTAY, LASZLO J.
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Introduction to High Energy Physics | Donald H. Perkins | 4th; (April 24, 2000) | 0521621968 | 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: CSATHY, GABOR
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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SUGGESTED: Semiconductor Nanostructures | Thomas Ihn | February 8, 2010 | 978-0199534425 | 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 | |
SUGGESTED: The Physics of Low-Dimensional Semiconductors an Introduction (Paperback) | John H. Davies | December 13, 1997 | 978-0521484916 | Cambridge University 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 | 7th | 9780123846549 | Academic Press | ALL |
PHYS 605
( PHYS60500) - Pedagogical Methods for Physics Graduate Students (was 670A)Instructor: BUUCK, CAROL
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; (June 25, 2001) | 978-0201657029 | Addison-Wesley | ALL |
PHYS 630
( PHYS63000) - Advanced Theory Of Electricity And MagnetismInstructor: MOLNAR, DENES
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 | 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 | |
RECOMMENDED: Condensed Matter Physics | Michael P. Marder | 1st; January 7, 2000 | 0471177792 | Wiley-Interscience | 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: LOVE, SHERWIN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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REQUIRED: Quantum Mechanics | C.Cohen-Tannoudji, Dui & Laloe | (2 vol. set) 1992 | 978-0471569527 | Wiley-Interscience | ALL |
PHYS 663
( PHYS66300) - Quantum Field Theory IIInstructor: CLARK, THOMAS
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (Frontiers in Physics) | Michael E. Peskin & Daniel V. Schroeder | October 1, 1995 | 0201503972 | Westview Press | ALL |