This list was compiled from the "Graduate Programs in Physics, Astronomy and Related Fields," an annual publication of the American Institute of Physics. In the 1994-95 edition, over 100 chairs of PhD-granting physics departments cited specific texts as the undergraduate preparation they expected of students applying to their programs. The following are those texts cited most often by department chairs and includes the title, latest edition as of January 1996, author(s)/editor(s) of that edition, ISBN number, publisher, and in several cases the Library of Congress number. This list was developed by the Statistical Research Center.
Eisberg, Robert & Resnick, Robert, Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei and Particles 2nd ed. LC 84 - 10444 (0-471-87373-X) John Wiley & Sons
Fowles, Grant R., Analytical Mechanics 4th ed. (0-03-004124-4) Saunders College Publishers, division of Harcourt Brace
Gasiorowicz, Stephen, Quantum Physics 2nd ed. LC QC - 174.12 (0-471-857-378) John Wiley & Sons
Griffiths, David F., Introduction to Electrodynamics 2nd ed. (0-13-481367-7) Prentice Hall, division of Simon & Schuster
Liboff, Richard L., Introductory Quantum Mechanics 2nd ed. (Illus.) (0-201-54715-5) Addison-Wesley
Lorrain & Corson, Electromagnetic Fields & Waves 3rd ed. (International Students Edition) (0-7167-1869-3) W. H. Freeman
Marion, Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems 4th ed. (003-097-3023) Harcourt Brace
Park, David A., Introduction to the Quantum Theory 3rd ed. (0-07-048554-2) McGraw-Hill
Reif, Frederick, Fundamentals of Statistical & Thermal Physics (Fundamentals of Physics Ser.) (0 -07-051800-9) McGraw-Hill
Reitz, John R. et. al., Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory 4th ed. (0-201-52624-7) answer bk. (0-201-55737-1) Addison-Wesley
Saxon, David P., Elementary Quantum Mechanics (0-07-054980-X) McGraw-Hill
Symon, Keith R., Mechanics 3rd ed. LC 75 - 128910 (Physics & Physical Science Ser.) (0-201-07392-7) Addison-Wesley
Wangsness, Ronald K., Electromagnetic Fields 2nd ed. LC 85 - 24642 (0-471-81186-6) John Wiley & Sons
Zemansky, Mark W. & Dittman, Richard, Heat & Thermodynamics 6th ed. (Illus.) (0-07-072808-9) McGraw-Hill
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