Textbooks
Spring 2015
The following textbooks have been finalized for
Spring 2015.
More courses will be posted as soon as the information is available.
ASTR 264
( ASTR26400) - Descriptive Astronomy: Stars and GalaxiesInstructor: FINLEY, JOHN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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21st Century Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies: Paperback | Kay, Palen, Smith & Blumenthal | 4th: Vol 2 | 978-0-393-92057-4 | Norton & Co. | ALL | You may choose Paperback, Looseleaf or E-book, FULL Text |
21st Century Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies: E-book, FULL text | Kay, Palen, Smith & Blumenthal | 4th: Vol 2 | 978-0-393-90472-7 | Norton & Co. | ALL | You may choose Paperback, Looseleaf or E-book, FULL Text |
21st Century Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies: 3-hole punch | Kay, Palen, Smith & Blumenthal | 4th: Vol 2 | 978-0-393-12350-0 | Norton & Co. | ALL | You may choose Paperback, Looseleaf or E-book, FULL Text |
ASTR 264L
( ASTR26400) - Descriptive Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies LabInstructor: FINLEY, JOHN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Labs Available on Blackboard Learn | ALL |
ASTR 364
( ASTR36400) - Intermediate Astronomy IIInstructor: LISTER, MATT
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Foundations of Astrophysics | Barbara Ryden & Bradley Peterson | 1st; (2010) | 978-0321595584 | Addison-Wesley | ALL |
ASTR 560
( ASTR56000) - Stellar EvolutionInstructor: LEE, KYOUNG-SOO
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics | B. Carroll & D. Ostile | 2nd; (July 28, 2006) | 978-0805304022 | Addison-Wesley | ALL | |
Stellar Evolution Nucleosynthesis | Sean G. Ryan | 1st; (February 8, 2010) | 978-0521133203 | Cambridge University Press | ALL |
ASTR 563
( ASTR56300) - Astroparticle PhysicsInstructor: LANG, RAFAEL
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Astroparticle Physics | Claus Grupen | November 9, 2010 | 978-3540-253129 | Springer | 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 and Johnson | Vol. 1; | 978-0-470-87953-5 (9th ed.) or 978-0-470-37924-0 (8th ed) | Wiley and Sons | ALL | |
Casio FX-260 Solar (UPC=079767177232) | ALL |
PHYS 172
( PHYS17200) - Modern MechanicsInstructor: HAUGAN, MARK
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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WebAssign Access REQUIRED (Purchase separately at the bookstore, if not included with textbook) | ALL | https://www.webassign.net/purdue/login.html | ||||
Matter and Interactions Vol. 1 (Softcover Book) REQUIRED, either NEW or USED | Chabay and Sherwood | 3rd | Wiley and Sons |
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i>Clicker REQUIRED (Purchase at bookstore) | 0-7167-7939-0 (www.iclicker.com) | Macmillan MPS | ALL |
PHYS 214
( PHYS21400) - The Nature of PhysicsInstructor: TODD, BRIAN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL | ||||
The Physics of Everyday Phenomena | W. Thomas Griffiths | 7th, Vol. 1 | 978-0073512204 | McGraw-Hill | 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 | Latest | 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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College Physics | Etkina, Gentile, Van Heuvelen | Custom | 978-1323064573 | Pearson Custom Publishing | ALL | Or you have the option to choose the etext only (9780321018444). |
Physics 21800 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki, Nick Giordano and Michael Zimmer | 2014/2015 | LAD Custom Publishing | ALL |
PHYS 219
( PHYS21900) - General PhysicsInstructor: REIFENBERGER, RONALD
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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College Physics | Etkina, Gentile, Van Heuvelen | Custom | 978-1323064573 | Pearson Custom Publishing | ALL | Or you have the option to choose the etext only (9780321018444). |
Physics 21900/22100/25200 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki | 2014/2015 | LAD Custom Publishing | ALL |
PHYS 220
( PHYS22000) - General PhysicsInstructor: MOFFETT, THOMAS
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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College Physics | Etkina, Gentile, Van Heuvelen | Custom | 978-1323064573 | Pearson Custom Publishing | ALL | Or you have the option to choose the etext only (9780321018444). |
Physics 22000 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki, Sharon Comer and Michael Zimmer | 2014/2015 | LAD Custom Publishing | ALL |
PHYS 221
( PHYS22100) - General PhysicsInstructor: BARNES, VIRGIL
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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College Physics | Nick Giordano | Custom | 978-0495999959 | Cengage Learning | ALL | If you have taken Phys 22000 and have current WebAssign access, you do not need to purchase textbook for this course. http://www.cengagebrain.com/micro/1-1Q2BVX1 is the website to purchase access to WebAssign and the etext for $35. |
Physics 219/221/252 Laboratory Manual | Andrzej Lewicki | 2014/2015 | LAD Custom Publishing | ALL | ||
i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 233
( PHYS23300) - Physics For Life Sciences IInstructor: DURBIN, STEVE
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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WebAssign | ALL | |||||
i>Clicker | ALL |
PHYS 234
( PHYS23400) - Physics For Life Sciences IIInstructor: RITCHIE, KEN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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WebAssign | ALL | |||||
i>Clicker | ALL |
PHYS 241
( PHYS24100) - Electricity and OpticsInstructor: PYRAK-NOLTE, LAURA
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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i>Clicker | 0-7167-7939-0 (www.iclicker.com) | Macmillan MPS | ALL | |||
Physics for Scientists and Engineers | R. Tipler and G. Mosca | 6e + ebook | 978-1429284587 | Bedford/ Freeman/ Worth | ALL |
PHYS 252
( PHYS25200) - Electricity and Optics LaboratoryInstructor: LEWICKI, ANDREW
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Physics 21900/22100/25200 Laboratory Manual | Andrzei (Andrew) Lewicki | 2014/2015 | LAD Custom Publishing | ALL |
PHYS 272
( PHYS27200) - Electric And Magnetic InteractionsInstructor: XIE, WEI
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Matter and Interactions Vol. 2 REQUIRED, NEW or USED or eBook | Chabay and Sherwood | 3rd; (January 7, 2010) | Wiley | ALL | ||
WebAssign Access REQUIRED (Purchase separately at the bookstore, if not included with textbook) | ALL | https://www.webassign.net/purdue/login.html | ||||
i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | ALL |
PHYS 307
( PHYS30700) - Mathematical Methods Of Physics IIInstructor: CAFFEE, MARC
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Basic Training in Mathematics | R. Shankar | 1st; (April 30, 1995) | 978-0306450365 | Springer | ALL |
PHYS 340
( PHYS34000) - Modern Physics Laboratory (was 342L)Instructor: WANG, FUQIANG
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Physics 340 Labs availale on the Phys 340 website | ALL | |||||
Scientific Bindery Notebook | ALL |
PHYS 342
( PHYS34200) - Modern PhysicsInstructor: NOLTE, DAVID
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Modern Physics | Paul Tipler and Ralph Llewellyn | January 1, 2012 | 978-1429250788 | Freeman and Co. | ALL |
PHYS 360
( PHYS36000) - Quantum MechanicsInstructor: SAVIKHIN, SERGEI
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics | David J. Griffiths | 2nd | 978-0131118928 | Prentice Hall | ALL | |
i>Clicker | Bedford/ Freeman/ Worth | ALL |
PHYS 411
( PHYS41100) - Physical Mechanics II (Honors)Instructor: KAUFMANN, BIRGIT
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems | Thornton and Marion | 5th; July 7, 2003 | 978-0534408961 | Brooks/Cole | ALL |
PHYS 422
( PHYS42200) - Waves and OscillationInstructor: JONES, MATTHEW
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Vibrations and Waves (Mit Introductory Physics Series) | A.P. French | 1st (Sept. 30, 1971) | 978-0393099362 | CRC | ALL | |
Optics | Hecht | 4 edition (August 12, 2001) | 978-0805385663 | Addison-Wesley | ALL | Text will be used 2nd half of the semester |
PHYS 430
( PHYS43000) - Electricity and Magnetism I (Honors)Instructor: HU, JIANGPING
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Introduction to Electrodynamics | David J. Griffiths | 4th; (Oct. 6, 2012) | 978-0321856562 | Addison Wesley | 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 | 978-0070323308 | McGraw-Hill | ALL | |
"Roaring Springs" Laboratory Notebook #77644 | ALL |
PHYS 461
( PHYS46100) - Quantum Mechanics II (Honors)Instructor: KRUCZENSKI, MARTIN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics | David J. Griffiths | 2nd | 978-0131118928 | Benjamin Cummings | ALL |
PHYS 515
( PHYS51500) - Thermal and Statistical PhysicsInstructor: RODRIGUEZ, JORGE
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Introduction to Statistical Physics | Kerson Huang | 2nd | 978-1420079029 | Chapman and Hall/CRC | ALL | |
Thermal Physics | Kittel & Kroemer | 2nd | 978-0716710882 | Freeman and Co. | ALL | |
Thermodynamics | Enrico Fermi | June 1, 1956 | 978-0486603612 | Dover Publications | 53914 | |
i>Clicker | 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 | |
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 | |
RECOMMENDED: Quantum Computation and Quantum Information | Michael A. Nielsen, Isaac L. Chuang | 1 Ed. (Sept. 2007) | 978-1107002173 | Cambridge University Press | ALL |
PHYS 536
( PHYS53600) - Electronic Techniques for ResearchInstructor: MANFRA, MICHAEL
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Electronics and Communications, for Scientists and Engineers | Martin Plonus | 1st | 978-0125330848 | Academic Press | ALL |
PHYS 545
( PHYS54500) - Solid-State PhysicsInstructor: ROBICHEAUX, FRANCIS
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Introduction to Solid State Physics | Charles Kittel | 8th; October 2004 | 978-0471415268 | John Wiley & Sons | ALL |
PHYS 560
( PHYS56000) - Stellar EvolutionInstructor: LEE, KYOUNG-SOO
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Stellar Evolution Nucleosynthesis | Sean G. Ryan | 1st; (February 8, 2010) | 978-0521133203 | Cambridge University Press | ALL | |
An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics | B. Carroll & D. Ostile | 2nd; (July 28, 2006) | 978-0805304022 | Addison-Wesley | ALL |
PHYS 563
( PHYS56300) - Astroparticle PhysicsInstructor: LANG, RAFAEL
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Astroparticles Physics | Claus Grupen | November 9, 2010 | 978-3540-253129 | Springer | ALL |
PHYS 570B
Instructor: YANG, CHEN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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No Assigned Text | ALL |
PHYS 570J
( PHYS57000) - Biophysics II: Quantum Effects in BiologyInstructor: MUGLER, ANDREW
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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An Introduction to Systems Biology | Uri Alon | 1st | 978-1584886426 | Chapman and Hall/CRC | ALL | |
Mechanics of the Cell | David Boal | 2nd edition | 978-0521130691 | Cambridge University Press | ALL |
PHYS 570NN
( PHYS57000) - Physics of Fluids and Granular MatterInstructor: MELOSH, JAY
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Fluid Mechanics | Gregory Falkovich | May 16, 2011 | 978-1107005754 | Cambridge University Press | 14577 |
PHYS 580
( PHYS58000) - Computational PhysicsInstructor: NAKANISHI, HISAO
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Computational Physics | N. Giordano and H. Nakanishi | 2nd | 978-0131469907 | Pearson Prentice-Hall | ALL |
PHYS 601
( PHYS60100) - Methods of Theoretical Physics IIInstructor: FISCHBACH, EPHRAIM
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Mathematical Methods for Physicists | G.B. Arfken and H.J. Weber | 7th | 9780123846549 | Academic Press | ALL |
PHYS 603
( PHYS60300) - Methods Of Theoretical Physics III BInstructor: KHLEBNIKOV, SERGEI
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Lie Algebras in Particle Physics: from Isospin to Univied Theories | Howard Georgi | 2nd; 1999 | 978-0738202334 | Westview Press | ALL |
PHYS 617
( PHYS61700) - Statistical MechanicsInstructor: MUZIKAR, PAUL
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Statistical Physics; Vol. 1 | Landau and Lifshitz | 3rd; (January 15, 1980) | 978-0750633727 | Butterwprth-Heinemann | 25851 | |
Thermodynamics | Enrico Fermi | Reprint ed. (June 1, 1956) | 978-0486603612 | Dover Publications | 25851 |
PHYS 630
( PHYS63000) - Advanced Theory Of Electricity And MagnetismInstructor: MOLNAR, DENES
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Electrodynamics of Continuous Media | Landau, Pitaevskil & Lifshitz | 2nd; (January 15, 1984) | 978-0750626347 | Butterworth-Heinemann | ALL | |
Classical Electrodynamics | John D. Jackson | 3rd | 978-0471309321 | Wiley | ALL |
PHYS 631
( PHYS63100) - Advanced Theory of Electricity and MagnetismInstructor: GIANNIOS, DIMITRIOS
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Classical Electrodynamics | J.D. Jackson | 3rd | 978-0471309321 | Wiley | ALL | |
Radiative Processes in Astrophysics (Paperbook) | G. Rybicki & A. Lightman | (March 26, 1985) | 978-0471827597 | Wiley-VCH | ALL |
PHYS 659
( PHYS65900) - Elementary Particle Physics IIInstructor: CLARK, THOMAS
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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No Material Assigned | ALL | Class material available in class |
PHYS 660
( PHYS66000) - Quantum Mechanics IInstructor: GREENE, CHRISTOPHER
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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Quantum Mechanics | C. Cohen-Tannoudji, B. Diu & F. Laloe | 2nd; Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 | 978-0471569527 | Wiley-Interscience | ALL |
PHYS 661
( PHYS66100) - Quantum Mechanics IIInstructor: LOVE, SHERWIN
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | CRNs | Notes |
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No Assigned Text | ALL |