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Re: SI and nothing else



Paul Camp notes:

The publisher nixed this idea because it was insufficiently the same
as every other book in the world. As long as that idea persists, it
is always too late.

This is the ever present example of how free enterprise works against
change. The tyranny of Sears and Zemansky lives long after they died,
and I'm just not old enough to tell you who their ancestors were, but
I'm sure they had some.

Textbooks change, but not always for the better. We get color, lots
of confusing "digging deeper" boxes, essays, etc., all at greatly
increased cost to the consumer. We lose "insignificant" things, like
the principle of virtual work, one of my favorites.

The more things change, the less they are.

Leigh