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

Recommended

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,

(1) thermodynamics
(2) statistical mechanics
(3) nuclear physics
(4) particle physics
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

reading

http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/3526

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 & Httemeister, 2009: Full text available online
Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy: Thompson, Moran & Swenson
2008, Wiley, eISBN:
9783527617852, Full text available online

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 quasiparticles;
(2) methods and projects in

computational physics
PHYS3002
(1) classical mechanics

Recommended
reading
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reading

(2) electrodynamics

(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.

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reading

Option 1: physics stream

study special topics in
condensed matter physics
Option 2 astronomy and

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=11&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

astrophysics specialisation
study special topics in
astrophysics
Galaxies & Black Holes (9L)

Observational Cosmology

Recommended
Reading

An introduction to modern astrophysics, Carroll, D. A. & Ostlie, B. W., 2nd Ed.,

2007, ISBN 9780805304022. (In UWA Library)

Text book

Introduction to Modern Cosmology, A. Liddle, 2nd Ed. corrected, 2008, Wiley, ISBN:
9780470848357