They are available from a subpage of UofT server that I told you about. Identify the book by the bolfaces letters.
There are some books worth reading or even having on your shelf,
beyond our textbook
□ J. Lissauer and I. de Pater's "Fundamental Planetary Science",
Cambridge U Press (2019). Chapter 15 is obligatory reading.
If you read the whole book carefully, it will be counted as extra book
reading.
The books below are in no way obligatory but some of you will find them interesting. Most (except Carroll and Ostlie textbook) can be read as extra books for activity points.
□ D. Rothery, N. McBride and I. Gilmour "Introduction to the Solar System" (3rd ed., Cambridge 2018). Lots of information, wide scope and good level of detail.
□ T. Encrenaz and J. Lequeux "The Solar System 1" (J. Wiley, 2021). Comprehensive.
□ D. Cruikshank and W. Sheehan "Discovering Pluto", U. Arizona Pres (2018). Great resource on the demoted planet Pluto, from search and discovery to the recent visit by the New Horizons probe.
□ B. Henin Exploring the oceanworldsof our solar system", Springer (2018). Focuses on the satellites with underground water oceans. Starts from Voyager discoveries.
□ J.A. Johnson "How do you find an exoplanet?", Princeton Univ. Press (2016), is an insider's primer on the four key techniques that today's planet hunters use to detect the feeble signals of planets orbiting distant stars. Recommended.
□ J. Kasting "How to find a habitable planet". Princeton U. Press (2010). Focuses on planetary atmospheres as a prerequisite for habitability. From a real top expert on such things as greenhouse effect and the history of terrestrial planet atmospheres.
□ M. Mayor and P-Y. Frei "New worlds in the cosmos". Cambridge (2003). An informative popular narrative on planet hunting and instruments. Not the newest but well worth reading. Mayor and his then graduate student Queloz have discovered the first planet around a sunlike star (51 Peg b). Valuable European perspective.
□ R. Jayawardhana "Strange New worlds", Harper Collins Publ (2012). Toronto astronomer Ray Jayawardhana offers an insider’s look at the cutting-edge science of today’s planet hunters, our prospects for discovering alien life, and the debates and controversies at the forefront of extra-solar planet research.
□ C. Kitchin - "Exoplanets" (Springer, 2012). You may like it, but it's written by a professional science popularizer, not a researcher in that subject, so it's ok, but not the best possible book.
□ R. Pudritz, Higgs, Stone "Planetary systems and the origin of life" (2007). About many things, but mostly (astro)biology and observations, for those interested in life in the universe. Ralph Pudritz is a prof. at MacMaster in Hamilton, ON.
□ J.K. Beatty, E. Petersen, and A. Chaikin (editors) "The new solar system" (1999 3rd ed. or later). A wonderfully illustrated, wide-ranging set of reviews by top experts in various fields. With one chapter on exoplanets by planet hunters Marcy and Butler. More than worth its used-book price. The book is a bit old, so don't expect to read about the newest discoveries. However, it will be accepted as an extra book.
□ Carroll and Ostlie (or Ostlie and Carroll) "An introduction to the modern astrophysics". It's a general undergraduate textbook with many editions. It is pretty good at all the subjects except specifically on our subject! (Not detailed enough for us, too short a chapter on planetary systems.) But if you have it, keept it. You may use its good orbital mechanics section, or you may use the scans of one chapter on our main course page. Not appropriate as an extra book.
□ B. Martin and G. Shaw "Mathematics for Physicists" (2015) helps with math. A good basic toolbox for things you may need before and after you graduate.
□ P. Cassen, T. Guillot, A. Quirrenbach. "Extrasolar planets" (2006), in UofT library, is a set of graduate-level reviews given at a winter school.
□ You may also be interested in M. Perryman's book "The Exoplanet Handbook" (2nd Ed, 2018). It's good. High level of detail on planet-hunting.
Check if these last positions are not too complicated for you. Read them if you are ambitious and interested in the world, and especially if you plan to apply to a graduate school in physics, astronomy or astrophysics.