Student Recommended Readings for

Modules of the 2
nd
Term, NatSci
The information below has been drawn from the current Year 1 students:
STAT 1005, Mathematics and Statistics
A.J.B.Anderson: Interpreting Data. Chapman !all" 1#$$.
%.Dal&" D.J.!and" '.C.Jones" A.D.(unn ).J.'cConwa&: *lements of +tatis,
tics. Addison -esle&" 1##..
D.+.'oore /.0.'cCabe: Introduction to the 0ractice of +tatistics 1.th
*dition2. %reeman" 344..
+.'. 5oss: A %irst Course in 0robabilit& 16th edition2. 0rentice,!all" 344..
5.(. +chea7er: Introduction to 0robabilit& and its Applications 13nd edition2.
Du8bur&" 1##..
BIO 1005, !enetics
9*ssentials of /enetics9 b& -.+. )lug et al. 16th edition" 0earson 34142
9An introduction to /enetic Anal&sis9 b& A J % /ri:ths et al. 1;th to #th
edition" %reeman 344<2.
"The Language of the Genes" by Steve Jones
"Almost Like A Whale: The Origin Of Species p!ate!" by Steve Jones
"#S100$, #hiloso%h& of Science
Te8tboo=: 0hilosoph& of +cience: The Central Issues 1>ew Yor= and (ondon:
-. -. >orton Compan&" 1##$2 b& 'artin Curd and J. A. Co?er
!ighl& recommended: A. %. Chalmers" -hat Is This Thing Called +cience@
Ard ed. 1Buc=ingham: Bpen Cni?ersit& 0ress" 1###2
"#S1011, "istor& of Modern Science
Te8tboo=: Bowler" 0eter J. and Iwan 5h&s 'orus 1344.2" Making Modern
Science: a Historical Survey. Chicago: Cni?ersit& of Chicago 0ress.
Agar" Jon 1forthcoming" 34112 Science in the Twentieth Century and
Beyond" Cambridge: 0olit& 0ress.
Ba&l&" C.A. 1344<2 The Birth of the Modern World, 17!"1#1$: %lo&al
Connections and Co'(arisons. B8ford: Blac=well 0ublishing.
Bowler" 0eter J. and John D. 0ic=stone 1eds.2 1344#2 The Ca'&ridge History
of Science, )olu'e *, The Modern Biological and +arth Sciences"
Cambridge: Cambridge Cni?ersit& 0ress.
)rige" John and DominiEue 0estre 1eds.2 11##62 Science in the Twentieth
Century" Amsterdam: !arwood Academic 0ress.
>&e" 'ar& Jo 1ed.2 1344A2 The Ca'&ridge History of Science, )olu'e -:
The Modern .hysical and Mathe'atical Sciences" Cambridge: Cambridge
Cni?ersit& 0ress" 344A
+mith" 5oger 11##62 The /ontana History of the Hu'an Sciences" (ondon:
!arperCollins.
#"AS1'2$, Modern #h&sics, Astronom& and osmolog&
F0h&sics for +cientists and *ngineers with 'odern 0h&sicsG" +erwa&
and Jewett 1Thomson2.
90h&sics for +cientists and *ngineers9 13nd *d2" %ishbane"
/asiorowicH and Thornton" 0rentice !all 11##;2.
9Introductor& Astronom& and Astroph&sics 1<th edition29 'ichael Ieili=
and +tephen A. /regor& 1Thomson (earning" I+B> 44A44;33$<2.
9Cni?erse9 16th edition2" b& 5oger A. %reedman -illiam J. )aufmann
III" ma& pro?ide useful supplementar& reading.
F'edical 0h&sicsG b& *mil& Coo= and Adam /ibson. Boo=let a?ailable
online at: www.teachingmedicalph&sics.org.u=.
F0h&sics of 'edical ImagingG" *dited b& +. -ebb" 1Adam !ilger:
Bristol2" 1#$$. I+B> 4,$.36<,A<#,1.
Bac=ground 5eading for the -hole Course
9The >ew 0h&sics for the 31st Centur&9 13nd *dition2" ed /ordon
%raser"Cambridge Cni?ersit& 0ress
#"AS12'5, MAT"(MATIA) M(T"O*S I
'athematical 'ethods for 0h&sics *ngineering"
5ile&" !obson Bence. C.C.0" A
rd
*dition.
#"AS12'+, Mathematical Methods II
'ethods in the 0h&sical +ciences" b& 'ar& Boas 1-ile&2.
'athematical 'ethods for 0h&sics *ngineering"
5ile&" !obson Bence. C.C.0" A
rd
*dition.
#"AS122,, Thermal #h&sics and the #ro%erties of Matter
F0h&sics for +cientists and *ngineers with 'odern 0h&sicsG" +erwa&
and Jewett 1Thomson2.
C. B. 0. %inn" Thermal 0h&sics" .th *d." Chapman and !all.
"(M 100'-1+0'-1+05, hemistr& Modules
#h&sical hemistr&
0h&sical Chemistr&" Albert& and +ible&" -ile&.
0h&sical Chemistr&" At=ins" B8ford.
The *lements of 0h&sical Chemistr&" At=ins" B8ford.
Atomic +pectra" +oftle& 1+tudent nominated choice2.
Inorganic hemistr&
Chemical Bonding" -inter" BC0 0rimer. 1+tudent nominated choice2
Inorganic Chemistr&" +hri?er" At=ins and (angford" BC0" Ard edition.
Organic hemistr&
Brganic Chemistr&" Dollhardt and +chore" %reeman" Ard edition.
Brganic Chemistr&" 'c'urr&" Broo=esJCole" .th edition.
Brganic Chemistr&" Care&" 'c/raw,!ill" <th edition.
Brganic Chemistr&" Cla&den" /ree?es" -arren and -orthers" BC0" 1st
edition.
!(O) 100', *&namic (arth
9Bur D&namic *arth9 ed. b& >ic= 5ogers
9*arth9 b& 0ress and +ie?er
9/lobal Tectonics9 b& )ear& and Dine
9The solid *arth: An introduction to /eoph&sics9 b& 'ar& %owler
!(O) 1012, Surface #rocesses
*arth: 0ortrait of a 0lanet" +tephen 'arsha=" 344.: 3nd *dition" --
>orton Compan&" >ew Yor=. pp6<$"
Cnderstanding *arth" %ran= 0ress 5a&mond +ie?er" 3441: Ard *dition"
-! %reeman and Compan&" >ew Yor=. pp .6A" I+B>: 461;6#;161
+edimentar& /eolog&: An Introduction to +edimentar& 5oc=s and
+tratigraph&" Donald 5 0rothero %red +chwab" 1##;: -! %reeman and
Compan&" >ew Yor=. pp .6." I+B>: 461;6363;#
+edimentar& 0etrolog&: An Introduction to the Brigin of +edimentar&
5oc=s" 'aurice Tuc=er" 3441" Blac=well +cience" Ard *dition" pp 3;3" I+B>:
4;A343#;16
Atmosphere" -eather and Climate" 5./. Barr& 5.J. Chorle&" 344A:
5outledge" >ew Yor=" I+B>: 4<1.<;.643
The Atmosphere" an introduction to 'eteorolog&" %.). (utgens *.J.
Tarbuc=" 344A: 0rentice,!all" *nglewood Cli7s" >ew Jerse&" I+B>:
4A31.$6AA3
M#". 1,,2, (ssential Medical #h&sics
Introduction to 0h&sics in 'odern 'edicine" +uHanne Amador )ane" 3 ed.
C5C 0ress" I+B>: #6$,1,.$<$$,#<A,<
The 0h&sics of 'edical Imaging" +te?e -ebb" Ta&lor %rancis" I+B>: 4,
$.36<,A<#,1
#s&cholog& for Biologists +002
There are simpl& too man& boo=s to read but as a start I would suggest:
0s&cholog&" the +cience of 'ind and Beha?iour" b& 5ichard /ross" ;th ed.
!odder *ducation