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Past years' exams
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* Fall 2006: the problem book.
* Fall 2005: the problem book.
* Fall 2004: the problem book.
* Fall 2003: the problem book.
* Fall 2002: the problem book.
* Fall 2001: the problem book.
* Fall 2000: the problem book.
* Fall 1999: the problem book.
* Fall 1998: the problem book.
* Fall 1997: the problem book.
* Fall 1996: the problem book.
* Fall 1995: Classical Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics.
* Spring 1995: Classical Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics.
* Spring 1994: Classical Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics.
* A useful table of constants.
Some solved problem collections
V.V. Batyigin and I.N. Toptyigin: Problems in Electrodynamics (Dover, New York, 19??).
S.B. Cahn, G.D. Mahan and B.E. Nadgorny: A Guide to Physics Problems, Part 1 (Plenum Press, New York, 1997).
S.B. Cahn, G.D. Mahan and B.E. Nadgorny: A Guide to Physics Problems, Part 2 (Plenum Press, New York, 1997).
J.A. Cronin, D.F. Greenberg and V.L. Telegdi: University of Chicago Graduate Problems in Physics with Solutions (The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1967).
I.I. Gol’dman and V.D. Krivchenkov: Problems in Quantum Mechanics (Dover, New York, 1993).
S. Flügge: Practical Quantum Mechanics (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1971).
C.S. Johnson, Jr. and L.G. Pedersen: Problems and Solutions in Quantum Chemistry and Physics (Dover, New York, 1986).
Y.-K. Lim: Problems and Solutions on Theormodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (World Scientific, Singapore, 1990).
N. Newbury, M. Newman, J. Ruhl, S. Staggs and S. Thorsett: Princeton Problems in Physics with Solutions (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1991).
A.C. Tribble: Princeton Guide to Advanced Physics (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1996).