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Textbooks:

Required text: ONE of the following:

David J. Aidley (1998) The Physiology of Excitable Cells: 4th edition. Cambridge University Press.

Avaliable from:
University Bookstore $49.95 New, $37.45 Used
Amazon.com $49.95 New, $12.95 Used (supposedly)

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Kandell, Schwartz and Jessel (2000) Principles of Neural Science: 4th edition. McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing.

Avaliable from:
University Bookstore $85.00 New, $63.75 Used
Amazon.com $85.00 New, $62.00 Used

Library Reserves:

The following books are on reserve in the Physics Library during summer quarter 2001:

Textbooks:

• David J. Aidley (1998) The Physiology of Excitable Cells: 4th edition. Cambridge University Press.
• Kandell, Schwartz and Jessel (2000) Principles of Neural Science: 4th edition. McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing.

Historical Biophysics:

• Erwin Schrodinger (1992) What is life? : the physical aspect of the living cell ; with, Mind and matter : & autobiographical sketches. Cambridge University Press [Wonderful essays on biophysics, biology & neuroscience].
• Herman von Helmholtz (1916) The description of an ophthalmoscope, being an English translation of von Helmholtz's "Beschreibung eines augenspiegels" (Berlin, 1851) by Thomas Hall Shastid and the first translation of this classic into any language. Cleveland Press [Helmholtz's description of his invention, the omphthalamoscope, which allowed him to see into the eye. Entertaining reading].
• Sir Isaac Newton (1979) Opticks : or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections & colours of light ; based on the 4th ed., London, 1730 / Sir Isaac Newton ; with a foreword by Albert Einstein ; an introd. by Sir Edmund Whittaker ; a pref. by I. Bernard Cohen ; and an analytical table of contents prepared by Duane H. D. Roller. [and now a nonanalytic subtitle by your instructor: Note how the names get more obscure as the title progresses. Anyway, Newton made contibutions to early color theory].

Lecture Notes & Videotapes:

• Physics 428 Lecture Tape #3 from the Odegaard Undergraduate Media Center (2nd floor of library).
• Physics 428 Lecture Notes & Homework from the Odegaard Undergraduate Media Center (2nd floor of library