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