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Re: [Phys-L] Late Physics Learner



A great guy named David Derbes started an online physics books. He has some other projects that have interested his work, but the parts of the book i have looked are pretty good. They have a unique tone to them.

http://bluephysics.org



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Paul Lulai



-------- Original message --------
From: Marty Weiss
Date:01/03/2015 12:23 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: Phys-L@Phys-L.org
Subject: Re: [Phys-L] Late Physics Learner

try Alibris.com for good prices of used texts

On Jan 3, 2015, at 11:42 AM, Andre Adler wrote:

I just went to amazon and looked for the PSSC Physics text and found used copies only.

As I type there is one used copy at $17.08 and the next cheapest is $145.95. From there the cost for used copies tops $200.

Here is a link to what came up on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0840360258/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&sr=1-1&qid=1420303087

Andre Adler
NYU Physics Department
www.physics.nyu.edu<http://www.physics.nyu.edu>


On Jan 3, 2015, at 10:51 AM, Todd Pedlar <pedlto01@LUTHER.EDU> wrote:

For my part, I think Hewitt is an awful suggestion - and JD's critique
mirrors mine. Hewitt, for all the desire to be "conceptual", cuts so many
corners as to foster misconceptions of physics, in addition to the many
outright erroneous statements embedded in the text. The desire for
conceptual focus is no excuse for sloppiness or loose language -
admittedly, a good conceptual text is an incredibly hard thing to put
together well, but Hewitt's text is a failure. If this person for whom a
text recommendation is being sought is a holder of an advanced degree of
some kind, then I suspect PSSC is a very solid choice, while Hewitt would
in many ways be something of an insult to offer.

My unsolicited two cents.

TKP

On Saturday, January 3, 2015, Richard Heckathorn <geepaw@wowway.com> wrote:

Greetings, I agree 100% with what you say about PSSC physics.if you go to
my website listed below, select the left column, go to instructor and
select the article that I wrote about how PSSC physics shaped my ability
to teach physics for its 50th anniversary. Next, if you go to the more
column, you will find the self paced PSSC physics materials I wrote and
taught for 15 years.

With that said, I must state that this should not be the first material
that a brand-new teacher read. Especially since the teacher wanted material
relevant to the real world which PSSC physics has some but nothing compared
to the high school conceptual physics course by Paul Hewitt. (note in my
website that I have the materials that I used when teaching conceptual
physics.)

Starting with PSSC physics in my opinion is putting the cart before the
horse based on the request of the teacher.

Respectfully submitted.

Dick

Have a Great Day

Website rheckathorn.weebly.com



On Jan 2, 2015, at 11:52 PM, Bernard Cleyet <bernard@cleyet.org
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On 2015, Jan 02, , at 17:56, Richard Heckathorn <geepaw@wowway.com
<javascript:;>> wrote:

Greetings, I would start with the book by Paul Hewitt, The high school
version of conceptual physics.and even better start would be watching the
34 videos that Paul has put together. I wonder if there someplace that this
person could borrow them. Happy new year to everyone. My website listed
below might have some valuable things for her.

Have a Great Day

Website rheckathorn.weebly.com


JD and I disagree, [ http://www.av8n.com/physics/hewitt.htm ] I
(and John) suggest the PSSC text, and its accompanying lab. book.

"2. PSSC (Uri Haber-Schaim, John H. Dodge, James A. Walter)
Physics
Exceptional, epochal high school physics text.

A review in The Textbook Letter (May-June 1992) called this “an
outstanding and inspiring book, strongly recommended” and “the best
high-school physics textbook that we have seen.”
http://www.textbookleague.org/32pssc1.htm

This book is for people who want to understand the material. In
contrast, the general herd of textbooks seem to merely go through the
motions of covering the material, allowing people to check off the little
boxes that say “we covered this” and “we covered that”.
This book has remarkably good “quality control”. That is, you can
generally believe what it says. Textbooks in the general herd are
riddled with errors and misconceptions.
I recommend that everyone who teaches introductory physics should read
this book, and keep a copy in the classroom as a reference, for the use of
teacher and students alike."


http://www.av8n.com/physics/books.htm

http://www.compadre.org/portal/pssc/pssc.cfm

bc
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