Books ===== My lecture notes will be on sale in the front office, and are available from the preceding weblink. Other books include: IT Adamson, Introduction to Field Theory, Oliver and Boyd. E Artin, Galois Theory, University of Notre Dame. DJH Garling, A course in Galois theory, CUP. IN Stewart, Galois Theory, Chapman and Hall. BL van der Waerden, Algebra (or Modern algebra), vol.~1 S Lang, Algebra, Springer IR Shafarevich, Basic notions of algebra, Springer (strongly recommended as an extended essay in philosophical terms on the meaning of algebra -- but it won't help much for the exam) J-P Tignol, Galois' theory of algebraic equations, World scientific (historically aware treatment of all the main issues)