Re: [Phys-l] Textbooks vs multimedia

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Why was included in Eric Mazur's.  lecture at Stanford (and  
elsewhere) recently.  In a socialist economy texts would be only  
occasionally updated, not a new edition "every three years".

The lecture is available at:

http://mazur-www.harvard.edu/search-talks.php?function=recent

search:  30 october   (the second one)

I discover the presentation doesn't' include Dr. Mazur's explanation  
(no sound).  The used book trade robs the publishers of their profit,  
so every few years they make the old text unusable.  I've left the  
link, as some may find it otherwise instructive.

bc's finds some ancient intro. texts (ca. 1920) could be used now.


On 2009, Feb 08, , at 16:04, Fouad Ajami wrote:

> The main beef over textbooks is the unnecessary new editions every 3
> years or so.