I really am impressed with this textbook. It is one of the most organized texts I have ever used in college. The authors and publisher do an excellent job of "formatting" the topics. All equations are very well marked and numbered. Many other texts throw an equation in the middle of a paragraph and you can never find it when you need it. Not so in this book! You will always find just what you are looking for. They also...
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For my undergrad calculus based physics classes, I studied in books by three different authors: Serway, Halliday-Resnick and Tippler. Even though the contents and explanations are about the same, the great feature about Serway is that it usually provides more examples than Halliday-Resnick and Tippler. I do not think that Serway differs significantly from the books that are used most often in universities. No book will give...
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To be honest, I didn't even need to buy this book, but I did it anyway. Having worked with Serway's Texts before, I new this was going to be an exellent book. This text contains hundreds of illustrations to help a student of physics grasp the underlying concepts. The book also has many diversified problems to help the student obtain the tools needed to be successful in physics. I would recommend this book to anybody, even...
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I have been using this text book for the past year for three required college physics classes. The example problems are easy to understand and follow. Various pictures and illustations throughout the book are very helpful. Overall this a great book that covers everything; including motion, heat, optics, electricity, magnetism, waves, thermodynamics, and modern physics.
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I am currently taking the first of a 2-semester course in cal.-based physics, and this book, by all means, is just great. It is concisely written, provides plenty of detailed examples covering all different types of problems, and has many nice illustrations. You really just have to see it for yourself to see just how complete it is. By far, this is the best academic cal-based physics book out there today.
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