Customer Reviews

Physical Science with New CD-ROM, PowerWeb and OLC Passcode Card

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I have taught two semesters of college level physical science from this textbook (7th ed.), and I think it continues to find the right balance between depth and breadth.

Tillery does a nice job of integrating four massive scientific fields (physics, chemistry, astronomy, and earth science). Given the ambitious scope of the text, he provides a nice introduction to each of these disciplines.

The book is carefully designed to be user-friendly. It contains answers to many of the end-of-chapter exercises. It also includes a large number of worked examples and practice problems throughout the body of the text. These features make the book useful for self study as well.

Most of the figures are well-designed; the careful illustrations and accompanying captions help make important scientific concepts accessible to a wide audience.

Overall, this is a solid textbook. Although physical science is a course which many students dread, this book gives them the opportunity to succeed. It is appropriate for anyone attempting to learn physical science at the introductory college level.

This book has been customized for Miami Dade College, it is the 5th Edition, and it helped me a lot when I took this class.

I have taught multiple sections of college level physical science from this textbook, and I think it strikes the right balance between depth and breadth.

Tillery does a nice job of integrating four massive scientific fields (physics, chemistry, astronomy, and earth science). Given the ambitious scope of the text, he provides a nice introduction to each of these disciplines.

The book is carefully designed to be user-friendly. It contains answers to many of the end-of-chapter exercises. It also includes a large number of worked examples and practice problems throughout the body of the text. These features make the book useful for self study as well.

Most of the figures are well-designed; the careful illustrations and accompanying captions help make important scientific concepts accessible to a wide audience.

Overall, this is a solid textbook. Although physical science is a course which many students dread, this book gives them the opportunity to succeed. It is appropriate for anyone attempting to learn physical science at the introductory college level.

Not the most riveting reading, of course, although even in that regard, it's much better than most. But this book gives a good amount of detail on a large number of topics in the non-Biological Sciences, from Physics and Chemistry through Astronomy and Geology. It's an excellent intro to a large range of subject matter, and is mostly pretty understandable and readable for the non-specialist.

This book worked great with my class and I saved lots of money by buying an older book, even if NOT the current edition. At this point in writing, this book is the 2nd latest edition (only new edition is newer). What did I pay, something $10 to $15 instead of $120 new?

As far as text ... just about word for word as new Edition. Typically the newer edition book inserted some new, not many, new sections but the other exisitng sections remained just about 100% word for word and picture for picture. But the layout, while still in the same basic order is layed out slightly differently so not all pictures have the same Figure# as the new edition and different page numbers obviously.

This book had special sections called "A closer Look" and "People behind the Science" (basically a brief biography sketch) in more abundance than the newer edition. Which I enjoyed reading. The new edtion features some of the same people (usually a shortened bio than my book, but sometimes the bio for that chapter was on a different person).

Word of caution .... the newer book has many more problems to work and solve which is a plus for the new book ... if you are a student, then you will definitley want to meet with someone from class who has the new edition so that you can copy the problem section and work the new and correct problems. hese are not always the same as the older verison and numbered differently too sometimes.

I took this class by internet and made an A with my older version. All in all, you can't go wrong for the moeny saved. And I thank the person who let me look at their problem set so I would know what the questions were. Sometimes they just typed the written problems by email. And they knew I was tight on money.

Received this book in a few days, this is a good way to save on school books, it was in good shape, this is second semester ordered books for college and saves alot of money on college books.

I purchased this book for a Physical Science class that I am taking. When I received this textbook in the mail, I was excited because I would now be able to start working on assignments that had been given to me, as I am taking an online course. As soon as I opened the packaging there was, on the cover, a NOTICE that said this book should NOT be purchased in the United States, because there were measurements in this book that were not US measurements. It was not what I thought I was ordering. It's not the edition I was led to believe I had ordered. I find my self NOT being able to use the textbook at all!! I would really like to have my money refunded, because I ended up having to spend more money (cost of the book + shipping/handling) to purchase the "RIGHT" book. This is not how I prefer to do business. I'm not saying not to ever use this seller, but PLEASE, JUST BE CAUTIOUS!!!!

I ordered/paid for the textbook because it was promised to me it would be delivered within 7 days. Instead I was told I would have to wait several weeks. I cancelled the order immediately but the textbook was delivered anyway. I have two the same textbooks now. Waisted money because of Amazon.

Product was in the condition described. Brand new and saved me $60 from what it would have cost me at my school's book store.

This textbook was shipped very fast and was a great price and in great condition : )