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Title: Physics With Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Extended Version by Richard Wolfson, Jay M. Pasachoff ISBN: 0-321-03572-0 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: April, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $141.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: pedantic
Comment: Some people may find this physics book more friendly than, say the Berkeley Physics course textbooks, but really this uses too many words to describe the concepts, and as a result, the time involved in reading about everything is much greater than necessary, and it then does not require a comprehensive understanding of the material. Its mechanics section is unbelievably pedantic. Of course, since electricity and Magnetism is inherently more difficult to understand, the extra words are not quite so superfluous. It is not at all difficult to learn HOW to do the problems without understanding why.
Rating: 3
Summary: An Excellent introduction to physics
Comment: This book provides simple explanations of phyical theories. It does not waste words and various subjects are clearly and succintly covered. This is in contrast to the big 2000 page door stops written by Hugh D. Young, where some simple physics takes months to understand. Most of all, this book stirs interest in the subject. I'm no physicist or mathematician, but I think I understood some things like "the rate of change of momentum is proportinal to a Force." How simple! In the author's own words, "this book builds a flexible understanding rather than a memorization of details." In college I used Young's book, and the only way I could pass in that class was by memorizing the highlighted formulas.
This is the best introduction to physics besides Lev Landau's books that I have come across. The only bad thing about this book is that answers are not provided for the questions section becasuse the answers are not numerical but require a thoughtful explanation. However, the problems section has answers to odd numbered numerical problems. It is all here in this book. Try it.
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Title: Physics for Scientists and Engineers (3rd Edition) by Richard Wolfson, Jay M. Pasachoff ISBN: 0321035712 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: 06 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $146.00 |
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Title: Our Cosmic Habitat by Martin Rees ISBN: 0691114773 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 03 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Statics and Mechanics of Materials by Anthony Bedford, Kenneth M. Liechti, Wallace T. Fowler, Anthony M. Bedford ISBN: 0130285935 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 25 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $115.33 |
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Title: Organic Chemistry (5th Edition) by Leroy G. Wade ISBN: 013033832X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 26 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $139.00 |
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Title: Differential Equations by John Polking, Albert Boggess, David Arnold ISBN: 0135981379 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 30 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $109.33 |
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