University Physics with Modern Physics
11/12/2007
This book is well organized and contains ALOT of information, but its so hard to follow along. Once you understand the concepts its teaching, then yes its a good book, but if you havent learned a concept yet and you read the chapter it will make you say to yourself, "What did I just read?". We're using this book for my physics class on mechanics. They need to make a solutions manual, i have yet to find one. Over all, its an ok book, but its nothing to brag about.
Better Physics Textbook
12/22/2007
Young and Freedman's is much better than Halliday's. While Halliday's are problem oriented approach which teaches concepts through problems solving. Serway's is similar to Young and Freedman and explains concepts well, but it doesn't have as many difficult problems as YF. I read both the 11th and 12th Edition. They have basically the same content. Even the 9th Edition doesn't differ much from this new freshly out of oven book. Problem arrangement is pretty much the same for all the edition with some additional problems and slightly modified arrangement. I bought the older 9th edition for my class this past semester. It went well. Our problem assignments are not from the textbook. Moreover, the library has a reserved copy. I used that for reference to the textbook problems.
University Physics 12th. Ed.
2/11/2008Book is very helpful with examples. The problems all have examples within the text so you learn how to work the problems on your own.
Just as expected.
2/15/2008Everything was in order, just as I had expected, it showed up a couple days earlier than scheduled, so great.
Good book but has flaws
4/6/2008Very good text however it does has its issues.
The grammar of some of the end of chapter problems is atrocious.
Some of the answers to the (even numbered) end of chapter problems are incorrect - adding even more frustration to a subject that may be difficult to learn. I don't know if an errata sheet is available.
Given the price of the book, I would have expected it to be better edited and proof read. (Perhaps that is more of a comment on the state of education in the USA today...)