Suggested Reading lists for TAMS Students

 

TAMS will issue textbooks to new TAMS students during summer orientation.  It is not necessary for students to purchase their own copies of the required texts.  TAMS will provide students with required texts during the fall and spring semester.

 


       

New Juniors

Some of you may wish to get an early start on reading and preparing for your time at TAMS.  Below is a list of the books that will be used while you are a junior.

Biology 1711 & 1722 (first and second semester)

Required text - Biology by Raven & Johnson, 8th ed. (ISBN 0-07-32279-0) 

 

English 1315 (first semester English)           

Required text -     The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry

                              The Tempest by William Shakespeare

                              Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

                              Galileo by Bertolt Brecht (trans. Charles Laughton)

                              Arcadia by Tom Stoppard

English 1325 (second semester English)

Required Text -   The Beekeepers Apprentice by Laurie R. King

                              Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

                              The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

                              Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (1988)

                              A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1959)

 

PreCalculus -Math 1650

Required Text - PreCalculus by Stewart 5th ed. (ISBN 0-534-49277-0)

 

Calculus I & II- Math 1710 & 1720

Required text - Calculus Alternate Edition by Finney (ISBN 0-321-19363-6)

Chemistry 1410 & 1420

Required text - Chemistry: The Molecular Science by Moore (ISBN 0-495-07479-9)

 


Rising Seniors

Physics 1710 and 2220

Required book - Physics for Scientist & Engineers, by Serway (ISBN 0-534-65951-9)

Suggested readings during the summer

Understanding Physics by Isaac Asimov

Conceptual Physics by Paul G. Hewitt

Basic Physics: A Self-Teaching Guide by Karl F. Kuhn

Feynman's Lectures on Physics by Richard Feynman

Calculus II - Math 1720

Required book -  Calculus Alternate Edition by Finney (ISBN 0-321-19363-6)

 

Study the following chapters during the summer between your junior and senior years.

Chapter 6 Transcendental Functions & Differential Equations

Chapter 7 Integration Techniques, L'Hôpital's Rule, and Improper Integrals

Chapter 8 Infinite Series