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The following textbooks have been finalized for Fall 2013.
More courses will be posted as soon as the information is available.


ASTR 263

(ASTR26300) - Descriptive Astronomy: The Solar System
Instructor: FINLEY, JOHN
Textbooks for ASTR263
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
To be Determined

ASTR 363

(ASTR36300) - Intermediate Astronomy I
Instructor: MOFFETT, THOMAS
Textbooks for ASTR363
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Foundations of Astrophysics Barbara Ryden & Bradley Peterson 1s; March 20, 2009 978-0321595584 Addison-Wesley

ASTR 370

(ASTR37000) - Cosmology
Instructor: PETERSON, JOHN
Textbooks for ASTR370
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
An Introduction to Modern Cosmology(Paperback) Andrew Liddle 2nd; May 23, 2003 978-0470848357 Wiley & Sons

ASTR 561

(ASTR56100) - Galaxies and Large Scale Structure
Instructor: GIANNIOS, DIMITRIOS
Textbooks for ASTR561
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
REQUIRED: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction Peter Schneider 1 Ed. (November 14, 2006) 3540331743 Springer Science & Business Media LLC
REQUIRED: Galactic Dynamics James Binney and Scott Tremaine 2nd; January 7, 2008 0691130272 Benjamin Cummings

ASTR 562

(ASTR56200) - Introduction to High Energy Astrophysics
Instructor: LYUTIKOV, MAXIM
Textbooks for ASTR562
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
REQUIRED: High Energy Astrophysics (Hardcopy); Also available from Purdue Libraries electronically Malcolm S. Longair 3rd; (March 14, 2011) 978-0521756181 Cambridge University Press
RECOMMENDED: High Energy Astrophysics Fulvio Melia Latest 9780691140292 Princeton University Press

PHYS 149

(PHYS14900) - Mechanics, Heat, and Wave Motion
Instructor: GUTAY, LASZLO J.
Textbooks for PHYS149
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Physics Cutnell & Johnson Vol. 1; (5th - 9th edition acceptable) Wiley & Sons
Casio FX-260 Solar (UPC=079767177232)

PHYS 172

(PHYS17200) - Modern Mechanics
Instructor: HIRSCH, ANDREW
Textbooks for PHYS172
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Matter & Interactions Vol. 1 Chabay & Sherwood 3rd 9780470503454 Wiley & Sons
Matter & Interaction V1 Webassign 1s Set Chabay & Sherwood 3rd 9780470597798 Wiley & Sons
i>Clicker Bedford/Freeman/Worth
WebAssign www.webassign.net/purdue/login.html
Physics 172 Lab will be on-line Fall 2013

PHYS 172H

(PHYS17200) - Modern Mechanics - Honors
Instructor: HAUGAN, MARK
Textbooks for PHYS172H
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Matter & Interactions Vol 1 Chabay & Sherwood 3rd 9780470503454 Wiley & Sons
Matter & Interaction V1 Webassign 1s Set Chabay & Sherwood 3rd 9780470597798 Wiley & Sons
Physics 172H Lab will be on-line Fall 2013
i>Clicker Bedford/Freeman/Worth
WebAssign www.webassign.net/purdue/login.html

PHYS 214

(PHYS21400) - The Nature of Physics
Instructor: MILLER, DAVID
Textbooks for PHYS214
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
The Physics of Everyday Phenomena W. Thomas Griffith 5th, 6th or 7th (are all acceptable) 6th(9780073512112) or 7th(0073512206) McGraw-Hill
i>Clicker Bedford/Freeman/Worth

PHYS 215

(PHYS21500) - Physics For Elementary Education
Instructor: KOLTICK, DAVID
Textbooks for PHYS215
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Physics and Everyday Thinking Fred Goldberg, Steve Robinson and Valerie Otero 2nd; Vol. 2 978-1-58591-665-8 Herff-Jones Educ. Div
i>Clicker Bedford/Freeman/Worth

PHYS 218

(PHYS21800) - General Physics
Instructor: TODD, BRIAN
Textbooks for PHYS218
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
To be Determined
Physics 218 Laboratory Manual Andrzej Lewicki, Nick Giordano & Michael Zimmer 2013/2014 LAD Custom Publishing
i>Clicker Bedford/Freeman/Worth

PHYS 219

(PHYS21900) - General Physics
Instructor: SCHARENBERG, ROLF
Textbooks for PHYS219
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Hybrid College Physics Custom Loose-leaf Nick Giordano 2nd; Vol. 2 9780495999959 Cengage Learning
Physics 219 & Physics 221 Laboratory Manual Andrzej Lewicki & Jennifer Jourdan 2013/2014 LAD Custom Publishing
i>Clicker Bedford/Freeman/Worth

PHYS 220

(PHYS22000) - General Physics
Instructor: RITCHIE, KEN
Textbooks for PHYS220
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
To be Determined
Physics 220 Laboratory Manual Andrzej Lewicki, Sharon Comer & Michael Zimmer 2013/2014 LAD Custom Publishing

PHYS 221

(PHYS22100) - General Physics
Instructor: NOLTE, DAVID
Textbooks for PHYS221
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Hybrid College Physics Custom Loose-leaf Nick Giordano 2nd; Vol. 2 9780495999959 Cengage Learning
Physics 219 & Physics 221 Laboratory Manual Andrzej Lewicki & Jennifer Jourdan 2013/2014 LAD Custom Publishing
i>Clicker Bedford/Freeman/Worth

PHYS 241

(PHYS24100) - Electricity and Optics
Instructor: PYRAK-NOLTE, LAURA
Textbooks for PHYS241
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Physics for Scientists and Engineers R. Tipler & G. Mosca 6e + ebook 1429284587 Bedford/Freeman/Worth
i>clickers Bedford/ Freeman/ Worth

PHYS 241D

(PHYS24100) - Electricity and Optics (Online Course)
Instructor: PYRAK-NOLTE, LAURA
Textbooks for PHYS241D
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Physics for Scientists & Engineers R. Tipler & G. Mosca 6e + ebook 1429284587 Bedford/Freeman/Worth

PHYS 272

(PHYS27200) - Electric And Magnetic Interactions
Instructor: CARLSON, ERICA
Textbooks for PHYS272
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Matter & Interactions Vol. 2 Chabay & Sherwood 3rd; (January 7, 2010) 9780470597804 Wiley & Sons
Matter & Interaction 3E V2 Webassign 1S Set Chabay & Sherwood 3rd; (January 7, 2010) 9780470597804 Wiley & Sons
Physics 272 Labs Available on the Phys 272 Website 2013
WebAssign www.webassign.net/purdue/login.html
i>Clicker Bedford/Freeman/Worth
Supplies: 2-D cell batteries

PHYS 306

(PHYS30600) - Mathematical Methods of Physics I
Instructor: FISCHBACH, EPHRAIM
Textbooks for PHYS306
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Basic Training in Mathematics R. Shankar 2006 0-306-45036-4 Springer

PHYS 310

(PHYS31000) - Intermediate Mechanics
Instructor: SAVIKHIN, SERGEI
Textbooks for PHYS310
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Analytical Mechanics Fowles & Cassiday 7th 978-0534494926 Thomson-Brooks/Coles

PHYS 322

(PHYS32200) - Optics
Instructor: MALIS, OANA
Textbooks for PHYS322
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Optics Eugene Hecht 4th 0-8053-8566-5 Addison-Wesley

PHYS 330

(PHYS33000) - Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism
Instructor: KOLTICK, DAVID
Textbooks for PHYS330
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
RECOMMENDED: Introduction to Electrodynamics David J. Griffiths 4th; (Oct. 6, 2012) 978-0321856562 Addison-Wesley
RECOMMENDED: Electromagnetism Pollack & Stump 1st 978-0805385670 Addison-Wesley

PHYS 340

(PHYS34000) - Modern Physics Laboratory (was 342L)
Instructor: LISTER, MATT
Textbooks for PHYS340
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Physics 340 Labs availale on the Phys 340 website - - -
Scientific Bindery Notebook

PHYS 342

(PHYS34200) - Modern Physics
Instructor: REIFENBERGER, RONALD
Textbooks for PHYS342
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Modern Physics: for Scientists and Engineers John Morrison January 12, 2010 0123751128 Academic Press

PHYS 344

(PHYS34400) - Modern Physics
Instructor: CHEN, YONG
Textbooks for PHYS344
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
REQUIRED: Modern Physics Kenneth Krane 3rd; (February 2, 2012) 978-1118061145 Wiley & Sons
OPTIONAL: Introduction to Modern Physics: Theoretical Foundations John Walecka 1st; (July 10, 2008) 978-9812812254 World Scientific Publishing

PHYS 410

(PHYS41000) - Physical Mechanics I (Honors)
Instructor: LANG, RAFAEL
Textbooks for PHYS410
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
OPTIONAL: Classical Dynamics of Particles & Systems Thornton & Marion 5th; July 7, 2003 0534408966 Brooks/Cole

PHYS 416

(PHYS41600) - Thermal and Statistical Physics (Honors)
Instructor: KHLEBNIKOV, SERGEI
Textbooks for PHYS416
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
REQUIRED: Statistical Thermodynamics Erwin Schrodinger (1989) 978-0486661018 Dover Publications
Statistical Physics (Part 1) L.D. Landau & E.M. Lifshitz 3rd; (January 15, 1980) 978-0750633727 Butterworth & Heinemann

PHYS 431

(PHYS43100) - Electricity And Magnetism II (Honors)
Instructor: MUZIKAR, PAUL
Textbooks for PHYS431
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Introduction to Electrodynamics David J. Griffiths 4th; (Oct. 6, 2012) 978-0321856562 Addison-Wesley

PHYS 450

(PHYS45000) - Optics Laboratory I (Honors)
Instructor: RAMDAS, ANANT
Textbooks for PHYS450
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Fundamentals of Optics Francis A. Jenkins & Harvey E. White 4th Tichenor Publishing
OR: Optics Hecht 4th 0-8053-8566-5 Addison-Wesley
"Roaring Springs" Laboratory Notebook #77644

PHYS 460

(PHYS46000) - Quantum Mechanics I (Honors)
Instructor: NEUMEISTER, NORBERT
Textbooks for PHYS460
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics David J. Griffiths 2nd; April 10, 2004 0-13-111892-7 Benjamin Cummings

PHYS 521

(PHYS52100) - Survey of Classical Physics
Instructor: NAKANISHI, HISAO
Textbooks for PHYS521
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
RECOMMENDED: Introduction to Electrodynamics David J. Griffiths 4th; (Oct. 6, 2012) 978-0321856562 Addison-Wesley
RECOMMENDED: An Introduction to Thermal Physics Daniel V. Schroeder 1st 0201380277 Addison-Wesley
RECOMMENDED: Introduction to Classical Mechanics With Problems and Solutions David Morin 1 Ed. (Feb., 2008) 978-0-521-87622-3 Cambridge University Press

PHYS 550

(PHYS55000) - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Instructor: RODRIGUEZ, JORGE
Textbooks for PHYS550
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
RECOMMENDED: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics David J. Griffiths 2nd; (April 10, 2004) 0131118927 Prentice Hall
RECOMMENDED: Quantum Mechanics B.H. Bransden & C.J. Joachain 2nd 0582356911 Prentice Hall

PHYS 556

(PHYS55600) - Introductory Nuclear Physics
Instructor: XIE, WEI
Textbooks for PHYS556
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
REQUIRED: Introductory Nuclear Physics Kenneth Krane 3rd; (October 22, 1987) 978-0471805533 Wiley & Sons
OPTIONAL: Introduction to High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions Cheuk-Yin Wong December 1994 9810202636 World Scientific Publishing
OPTIONAL: Ultrarelativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions Romona Vogt July 18, 2007 978-0-444-52196-5 Elsevier Science Publishers

PHYS 561

(PHYS56100) - Galaxies and Large Scale Structure
Instructor: GIANNIOS, DIMITRIOS
Textbooks for PHYS561
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
REQUIRED: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction Peter Schneider 1 Ed. (November 14, 2006) 3540331743 Springer Science & Business Media LLC
REQUIRED: Galactic Dynamics James Binney and Scott Tremaine 2nd; January 7, 2008 0691130272 Princeton University Press

PHYS 562

(PHYS56200) - Introduction to High Energy Astrophysics
Instructor: LYUTIKOV, MAXIM
Textbooks for PHYS562
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
REQUIRED: High Energy Astrophysics; Also available from Purdue Libraries electronically Malcolm S. Longair 3rd; (March 14, 2011) 978-0521756181 Cambridge University Press
RECOMMENDED: High Energy Astrophysics Fulvio Melia Latest 9780691140292 Princeton University Press

PHYS 564

(PHYS56400) - Introduction To Elementary Particle Physics
Instructor: BARNES, VIRGIL
Textbooks for PHYS564
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
To be Determined

PHYS 570E

(PHYS57000) - Astroparticle Physics
Instructor: PUSHKAR, YULIA
Textbooks for PHYS570E
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Biological Physics: Energy, Information, Life Philip Nelson 1st; Updated Version 978-0716798972 Freeman & Co.
SUGGESTED READING: Biophysics: An Introduction Roland Glaser 5th 3540670882 Springer

PHYS 570K

(PHYS57000) - Physics of Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Structures
Instructor: ROKHINSON, LEONID
Textbooks for PHYS570K
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Principles of Condensed Matter Physics (Paperback) P. M. Chailom & T. C. Lubensky October 9, 2000 978-0521794503 Cambridge University Press

PHYS 570L


Instructor: GREENE, CHRISTOPHER
Textbooks for PHYS570L
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Theoretical Atomic Physics (Paperback) Harald S. Friedrich 3rd 978-3642065033 Springer

PHYS 575

(PHYS57500) - Relativity Theory
Instructor: CLARK, THOMAS
Textbooks for PHYS575
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's Gereal Relativity James Hartle (January 5, 2003) 978-0805386622 Addison-Wesley

PHYS 600

(PHYS60000) - Methods of Theoretical Physics I
Instructor: FISCHBACH, EPHRAIM
Textbooks for PHYS600
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Mathematical Methods for Physicists Arfken & Weber 7th 9780123846549 Academic Press

PHYS 602

(PHYS60200) - Methods of Theoretical Physics IIIA
Instructor: HU,JIANGPING
Textbooks for PHYS602
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Group Theory: Application to the Physics of Condensed Matter (Paperback) M. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus & A. Jorio 1st; (November 9, 2010) 978-3642069451 Springer

PHYS 605

(PHYS60500) - Pedagogical Methods for Physics Graduate Students (was 670A)
Instructor: GIORDANO, NICHOLAS
Textbooks for PHYS605
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Five Easy Lessons Randall D. Knight 0-8053-8702-1 Addison-Wesley

PHYS 630

(PHYS63000) - Advanced Theory Of Electricity And Magnetism
Instructor: MOLNAR, DENES
Textbooks for PHYS630
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Classical Electrodynamics J.D. Jackson 3rd 0-471-30932-X J. Wiley & Sons

PHYS 645

(PHYS64500) - Electron Theory of Solids I
Instructor: LYANDA-GELLER,YULI
Textbooks for PHYS645
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
REQUIRED: Solid State Physics Ashcroft/Mermin 1st 978-0030839931 Brooks/Cole
REQUIRED: Quantum Theory of Solids (Paperback) Charles Kittel 2nd; Revised edition (April 2, 1987) 978-0471624127 Wiley
RECOMMENDED: Quantum Theory of the Electron Liquid Gabriele Giuliani & Giovanni Vignale June 19, 2008 978-0521527965 Cambridge University Press
RECOMMENDED: Superlattices and Other Heterostructues: Symmetry and Optical Phenomena (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences) E. Ivchenko & G. Pikus 2nd; (May 9, 1997) 978-3540620303 Springer
RECOMMENDED: Principles of Condensed Matter Physics P.M. Chaikin & T.C. Lubensky (October 9, 2000) 978-0521794503 Cambridge University Press
RECOMMENDED: Fundamental of Theory of Metals A.A. Abrikosov (November 1, 1988) 978-0444870954 North Holland

PHYS 659

(PHYS65900) - Element Particle II
Instructor: CLARK, THOMAS
Textbooks for PHYS659
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
To be Determined

PHYS 660

(PHYS66000) - Quantum Mechanics I
Instructor: LOVE, SHERWIN
Textbooks for PHYS660
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
Lectures on Quantum Mechanics Steven Weinberg 1st; (November 30, 2012) 978-1107028722 Cambridge University Press

PHYS 661

(PHYS66100) - Quantum Mechanics II
Instructor: KRUCZENSKI, MARTIN
Textbooks for PHYS661
Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
REQUIRED: Lectures on Quantum Mechanics Steven Weinberg 1st; (November 30, 2012) 978-1107028722 Cambridge University Press
Quantum Mechanics C.Cohen-Tannoudji, Dui & Laloe (2 vol. set) 1992 978-0471569527 Wiley-Interscience