Textbooks for 2014
Level 1
PHYS1030
Unit text
A UWA Reader booklet will be available near the start of semester
PHYS1021 & PHYS1022
Unit text
Conceptual Physics (Hewitt), 11th Edition, with MasteringPhysics access code and ebook.
ISBN: 9314994250671
Additional alternate texts: Physics, Principles with Applications: Sixth Edition, Douglas C.
Giancoli
PHYS1001 & PHYS1002
Unit text
Essential University Physics (Wolfson), Volumes 1 & 2, 2nd Edition, with MasteringPhysics access
code and ebook. ISBN: 9780321761958
Additional alternate texts: Any calculus based university physics text. E.g. Serway & Jewett;
Hallidy, Resnick & Walker; Young & Freedman, Knight etc.
Level 2
PHYS2001
(1) Non-relativistic quantum
mechanics
Recommended
reading
(2) Electromagnetism and
Maxwell's equations
Recommended
reading
Quantum Physics, 3rd Edition Stephen Gasiorowicz ISBN: 978-0-471-05700-0
(http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471057002.html) (also for
PHYS3001)
Electromagnetism
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-4th-DavidGriffiths/dp/0321856562/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381475061&sr=11&keywords=griffiths+electrodynamics This is the text for 2nd and 3rd year
electromagnetism + electrodynamics. We have been using the 3rd edition for the last 10 years. The 4th edition
SCIE1121 & SCIE1122
was published in 2012 (ISBN-10: 0321856562 | ISBN-13: 978-0321856562). Amazon lists the new book for USD$121 so is
expected that you should be able to purchase the 3rd edition, which will be fine for both courses, for much less than $130 (used
copies for USD$12). You could also check http://www.fishpond.com.au. They offer free shipping and the third edition is
A$60.99 new, the fourth edition is A$100.99 new.
(3) Data Analysis and Signals
and noise in experimental data
Recommended
reading
PHYS2002
(1) thermodynamics
(2) statistical mechanics
(3) nuclear physics
(4) particle physics
Recommended
reading
Data Analysis:
Data reduction and error analysis for the physical sciences Bevington, Philip R., New York :
McGraw-Hill, 1992 2nd ed
The following outlines the minimum level of lab data analysis required: Experimental
methods : an introduction to the analysis and presentation of data Kirkup, L. (Les), Brisbane
: John Wiley & Sons, 1994
Statistical Physics: an introductory course, D.J. Amit and Y. Verbin,
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/3526
Level 3
PHYS3001
(1) quantum mechanics
(2) atomic physics
PHYS3003
Radiation mechanisms,
planetary astronomy, stellar
birth and evolution,
astronomy techniques, neutron
stars and supernovae, optical
telescope projects and
computer modelling
laboratories
PHYS3011
(1) methods of mathematical
physics, placing elements of
mathematics from the Level 1
and Level 2 complementary
mathematics units in the
context of quantum
mechanics, electrodynamics,
relativity, classical mechanics,
atomic and nuclear physics,
condensed matter physics and
quasi-particles;
(2) methods and projects in
computational physics
PHYS3002
(1) classical mechanics
(2) electrodynamics
Recommended
reading
Quantum Physics, 3rd Edition Stephen Gasiorowicz ISBN: 978-0-471-05700-0
(http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471057002.html) (also for PHYS2001)
Recommended
reading
An introduction to modern astrophysics, Carroll, D. A. & Ostlie, B. W., 2nd Ed.,
2007, ISBN 9780805304022. (In UWA Library)
Additional
Reading
The Physics of Stars, A. C. Phillips, Wiley, 2nd ed. 1999, ISBN: 978-0-471-98798-7, (UWA
Library has First edition).
Radio Astronomy: J. D. Kraus, 1986, Cygnus-Quasar Books, ISBN 1882484002,
Tools of Radio Astronomy: Rohlfs, Wilson & Hüttemeister, 2009: Full text available online
Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy: Thompson, Moran & Swenson
2008, Wiley, eISBN:
9783527617852, Full text available online
Recommended
reading
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reading
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reading
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reading
Classical Mechanics
Analytical Mechanics by Fowles:
http://www.amazon.com/Analytical-Mechanics-Grant-R-Fowles/dp/0534494927
"Introduction to Classical Mechanics - With Problems and Solutions" by David
Morin, Cambridge University Press http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~djmorin/book.html
Classical Mechanics by Kibble from Imperial College, http://www.amazon.com/ClassicalMechanics-5th-Edition-Kibble/dp/1860944353
Electromagnetism
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-4th-DavidGriffiths/dp/0321856562/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381475061&sr=1-
(3) special relativity
(4) laboratory projects
PHYS3012
Core: modern optics and
photonics, studied by students
in both the physics and the
astronomy and astrophysics
streams of the Physics major.
Recommended
reading
Recommended
reading
Recommended
reading
Recommended
reading
Option 1: physics stream
study special topics in
condensed matter physics
Option 2 astronomy and
astrophysics specialisation
study special topics in
astrophysics
Galaxies & Black Holes (9L) Recommended
Reading
Observational Cosmology Text book
1&keywords=griffiths+electrodynamics
Special Relativity,
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-4th-DavidGriffiths/dp/0321856562/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381475061&sr=11&keywords=griffiths+electrodynamics
Modern Optics & Photonics
Synchrotron Physics: Chapter 14 of “Fundamentals of Modern Physics” Eisberg & Resnick
Basics of Laser Physics : For Students of Science and Engineering Renk, Karl F. [2012]
Book, ISBN 9783642235658
Optoelectronics : an introduction Wilson, John; Hawkes, J. F. B. [1998] Book , ISBN:
0132398648, UWA library: 621.381045 1998 OPT
Quantum Optics/ Quantum Computation
Introduction to quantum computers / Berman et al (1998)
Quantum computation and quantum information / Nielsen and Chuang (2011)
Quantum Optics / Garrison and Chiao (2008)
Condensed matter physics
Solid State Physics: An Introduction by Philip Hofmann (Wiley, 2008)
http://philiphofmann.net/book/bookhome.html
An introduction to modern astrophysics, Carroll, D. A. & Ostlie, B. W., 2nd Ed.,
2007, ISBN 9780805304022. (In UWA Library)
Introduction to Modern Cosmology, A. Liddle, 2nd Ed. corrected, 2008, Wiley, ISBN:
9780470848357