Re: Top ten books

[Hugh Haskell <hhaskell@mindspring.com>]

> Hello,
> 	I saw the following list on a web page. I would like to know if these
> books would be available at discounted prices from any shop. I hear
> that some shops arrange sale of books (Old editions) at very low
> prices. Are there any such shops known to  you? Please help
>
> Regards,
> B.Surendranath Reddy
>
> Top 10 Resource Books No Physics Teacher Should be Without
>
> 1. Conceptual Physics: The High School Physics Program by Paul G.
> Hewitt (Text and Ancillaries)
> Addison-Wesley,1992 (2nd Edition). ISBN: 0-201-28652-1
>
> 2. Guide to Introductory Physics Teaching by Arnold Arons ($55.95)
> John Wiley & Sons, 1990. ISBN: 0-471-51341-5. For more info, check the
> publisher's gopher site.
>
> 3. Thinking Physics by Lewis Epstein
> Insight Press, 1985. ISBN: 0-935218-06-8
>
> 4. Physics (Algebra/Trig and/or Calculus) by Eugene Hecht
> Brooks/Cole, 1994. ISBN: 0-534-09114-8
>
> 5. Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker
> John Wiley & Sons, 1992 (4th Edition). ISBN: 0-471-57578-X. For more
> info, check the publisher's gopher site.
>
> 6. Physics Begins with an M: Mysteries, Magic & Myth by John Jewett,
> Jr. (and "Another M")
> Allyn & Bacon, 1994, 1995. ISBN: 0-205-15133-7 and 0-205-17406 ($36.95,
> $39.95)
>
> 7. The Flying Circus of Physics with Answers by Jearl Walker ($19.95)
> John Wiley & Sons, 1977. ISBN: 0-471-02984-X. For more info, check the
> publisher's gopher site.
>
> 8. Physics by Inquiry by Lillian McDermott and the Physics Education
> Group at UW ($52.95 for 2vol set)
> John Wiley & Sons, 1995. ISBN: 0-471-14440-1 (vol.1) and 0-471-14441-X
> (vol.2)
>
> 9. Understanding Physics by Isaac Asimov
> 1993 Barnes & Noble (1966 Isaac Asimov) ISBN:0-88029-251-2
>
> 10. The Exploratorium Science Snackbook
> Exploratorium Science Museum, 1991. ISBN: 0-943451-25-6
>
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Since most of these books are still in print, I have my doubts that many of
them will be available at much if any discount. The best place to start,
though is <http://www.amazon.com>. If it is available, they will have it,
and the discount will probably be the best available, short of a used book
store. I wouldn't anticipate too many of these being readily available in a
used book store. I'm not familiar with the source of this list, but I sure
do endorse it. Every one of those books is an excellent physics teaching
resource. I'm hard pressed to think of any book I might rather have.


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