Re: Giancoli 5th

["Moore, David" <DMoore@GDA.ORG>]

Title: RE: Giancoli 5th

Serway's and Giancoli's texts are essentially the same in regards to order, content, and clarity, but it is my feeling that the problems at the end of the chapters in Giancoli are better organized, from easy to do to the more difficult multi-conceptual problems.  Serway throws in more difficult problems before the students have a chance to test their ability to solve the basic single concept problems.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh Haskell [mailto:hhaskell@MINDSPRING.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 5:16 PM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: Giancoli 5th

The honors physics (non-calculus intro) uses Serway & Faughan after
using Giancoli for many years. I'm not teaching that course, but
those who are like the book.

Hugh

>I apologize for asking this most likely overdone question but we are
>changing our high school honors physics books from the College Physics
>(Sears Zemansky Young 7th ed.).  I personally chose the new Serway
>College Physics but the others in my department wanted the 5th ed. of
>Gaincoli.  We want to use a text currently preferred by college physics
>classes (trig based). Can our college professors and honors High school
>teachers please take a couple of minutes and send me your preference
>with a quick reason.
>
>It may be more appropriate to email me direct rather than post onto the
>list server.
>
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Hugh Haskell
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