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[Phys-L] Kinetic Books?



Has anyone on this list used the interactive digital textbooks by kinetic books?

<http://www.perfectionhighered.com/prodPages/kb_phys_sci.html>

I am looking for a solid text for a calculus-based, three-semester sequence for a "physics for scientists and engineers" course, which uses a just-in-time and other PER-inspired methods fairly heavily.

For reference, I've been using Knight and Mastering Physics for the past several years. I am strongly considering making a switch to kinetic, and possibly Sapling as an online homework system, and relying even more heavily on pre-class reading than I have in the past so I can spend much more class time doing peer instruction, interactive demos, and such.

(FWIW, on the heels of the recent discussion concerning the utility of textbooks, I would like to separate this question from commentary concerning whether we should be using textbooks at all, or other polemics that are not directly material to my actual question.)

Thanks,
David Craig


<http://web.lemoyne.edu/~craigda/>