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Re: [Phys-L] Calculus intro for AP students



I chuckled at this book title! Reminded me of some other ones:

Basic Quantum Mechanics
Relativity Made Easy
Physics For Poets
etc.

Makes me wonder -- can anyone with little/no science background really
understand physics on their own simply by reading a book?


Phys-L@Phys-L.org writes:
Quick Calculus is by Daniel Kleppner and Norman Ramsey.

Andre Adler
NYU

On Jun 10, 2014, at 5:19 PM, frank cange <cangefrank@hotmail.com> wrote:

Peter: You might try just getting some copies of Quick Calculus by
John Kleppner. it will get your students going on calculus.Frank Cange

Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:21:02 -0400
From: pkeller@holmdelschools.org
To: Phys-L@phys-l.org
Subject: [Phys-L] Calculus intro for AP students

Hello All,

As the high school calendar winds down,I want to share a project I am
working on. As a result of the College Board's changes to AP physics,
my
school has decided to switch to the c-level, calculus based program.
Some
of my incoming students will have had one quarter of calculus but
others
will just be starting calculus in the fall.

To help everyone start with enough of the basics, I have been writing
some
math blog posts dedicated to this topic. I am going to use it as a
summer
reading assignment. The goal is to provide just enough of an
introduction
so that I can use the language of calculus from the very start of the
course. Anything more advanced will have to wait for their math
teachers
to catch up.

In any case, here is what I am giving them:


http://www.holmdelschools.org/faculty/pkeller/AP%20PHYSICS%20summer%20reading.htm

As you will see, I still have some posts to write. Feel free to use
and to
suggest edits/additions/etc here, off-list or through the comments at
the
blog.

Phil
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