Understanding Basic Mechanics
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Book Overview
An extremely lucid introduction to physics and reasoning methods containing a judicious selection and sequencing of material that enables students to learn without being overwhelmed and acquire important knowledge for future work. Provides detailed instruction of a problem-solving strategy for both quantitative and qualitative problems. Consists of two closely coordinated parts--the text is designed to present basic subject matter as well as facilitate reference and review; the workbook ensures that students have understood what they have read, can interpret it and apply the information to diverse situations.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0471116246
ISBN13:9780471116240
Release Date:October 1995
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"
Customer Reviews
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a parially successful attempt at textbook reform?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Let me start by saying that I haven't read the book from cover to cover, nor have I taught out of it. Anyhow, I like the fact that it does away with all the baroque trappings of the typical physics textbook and focuses on basic principles. The workbook provides support for active learning methods, which is sorely lacking in books like Halliday. I'm just a little worried that its dry, mathematical style would not go over well with students. Also, I feel the approach is too relentlessly deductive -- students learn best by reasoning from the specific to the general, and it is wrongheaded in my opinion to claim to derive the conservation laws from Newton's laws.
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