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From: "David T. Marx" <dtmarx@SIU.EDU>
Reply-To: "phys-l@lists.nau.edu: Forum for Physics Educators"
<PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: Giancoli 5th
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 13:32:13 -0500
What is the exact URL for the textbook survey?
> 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"
> ><PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
> >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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