I've take a quick look at it. It looks interesting. I would give it serious consideration. IMO, it would work in a flipped or a non-flipped format.
It's actually two books and at first glance I was confused, thinking they were different editions of more or less the same thing. Careful examination proved otherwise. I won't say more or else I'll have to give a spoiler alert, but a hint is that the cute trick with the book covers reminded me of the Acton's numerical analysis book and its cover.
Joel R
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Subject: [Phys-L] Mazur's Textbook
Dear All,
Eric Mazur has come out with an introductory physics text, "Principles and Practice of Physics" and I was curious if anyone took a look at it and had any impressions of it.
In particular, if one wanted to do an introductory physics class at the university level with a flipped format (though I have to tell you the class is about 500 students in size and held in a theatre as there are no class rooms large enough at NYU) would a choice of textbook such as this have a potential impact?