Re: Giancoli 5th

[frank cange <cangefrank@HOTMAIL.COM>]

dear sir:
 i have taught out of both and prefer giancoli because it gives a better
selection of problems and i feel it presents the material better.  the
problems in the college physics version of serway are too much like the
non-calculus problems in his ap c level book that is written for a calculus
based course. if your are going to use his college physics version you had
better have a very good class of physics b students who have exceptional
problem-solving skills. another text you might want to look for the
algebra/trig level b course is physics by cutnell and johnson.  if you go to
the aps website and look at the survey done on most commonly used college
textbooks for the alg/trig based course giancoli is the most widely used.
frank cange


> From: Hugh Haskell <hhaskell@MINDSPRING.COM>
> Reply-To: "phys-l@lists.nau.edu: Forum for Physics Educators"
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> To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
> Subject: Re: Giancoli 5th
> Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 17:15:40 -0400
>
> The honors physics (non-calculus intro) uses Serway & Faughan after
> using Giancoli for many years. I'm not teaching that course, but
> those who are like the book.
>
> Hugh
>
> >I apologize for asking this most likely overdone question but we are
> >changing our high school honors physics books from the College Physics
> >(Sears Zemansky Young 7th ed.).  I personally chose the new Serway
> >College Physics but the others in my department wanted the 5th ed. of
> >Gaincoli.  We want to use a text currently preferred by college physics
> >classes (trig based). Can our college professors and honors High school
> >teachers please take a couple of minutes and send me your preference
> >with a quick reason.
> >
> >It may be more appropriate to email me direct rather than post onto the
> >list server.
> >
> --
>
> Hugh Haskell
> <mailto://hhaskell@mindspring.com>
>
> Let's face it. People use a Mac because they want to, Windows because they
> have to..
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