Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 4th Edition Multimedia CD Author: Douglas C. Giancoli | Language: English | ISBN:
0131992260 | Format: EPUB
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 4th Edition Multimedia CD Description
- CD-ROM: 1 pages
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc; 4th Revised edition edition (July 27, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0131992260
- ISBN-13: 978-0131992269
- Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.2 x 0.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
There are two types of people: people who are physics majors, and people who don't really care about the subject and are taking because it is a required course for their ultimate goal. I belong to the first group(physics major) and have a few semesters of experience with this text.
In my opinion it falls short compared to the more mainstream university texts. Each chapter is divided into section with a brief introductory paragraph or two, then dives head first into the examples. Diagrams are adequate and appropriately correlates with the examples and explanations. This text can be thought of as an extremely detailed outline of physics, not a comprehensive study. It is also assumed that you know your calculus. From time to time, he'll explain where got this from or that from but generally you have to have excellent math skills. This can cause some of the examples to become quite frustrating as your left wondering "why"? I do however like the difficulty of his examples, and they semi prepare you for the end of chapter problems. What I don't like is that there is no coherence of the examples-they are random. They don't follow any particular problem solving strategy. This results in relative difficulty in trying to solve the end of chapter problems. The text is written in a colloquial style and is relatively easy to read like previous reviewers have mentioned. The biggest problem I find is the lack of outside resources. There is no companion site or anything web related to help reinforce topics. The solutions manual only provides solution for 1 out of 6 problems-very, very, very inadequate in my opinion. There is mastering physics, but this is only used if your professor uses it.
So all in all this text is perfect for non physics majors, providing a roughly solid foundation of physics.
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