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Physics

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When I called the publisher a couple of years ago about errors in the Sixth edition, it was if they never knew of any errors. Now, the errors have continued into this edition. The errors in the Instructor's materials are really inexcusable. It is pretty obvious that this publisher does not intend to fix their mistakes. This is too bad, because this is one of the very few physics texts for community colleges that is non-calculus based.

The errors that exist are errors that should have been caught by any proofreader, but are expecially obvious to anyone who has a physics background. The errors range from simple typos to wrong answers and wrong formulas. There is really no excuse except that the publisher does not feel obligated to produce a better text.

This was the first time I had ever taken a physics class. This book was full of mistakes both in formulas and answers. I spent needless hours toiling over problems because of it. These errors should have never made it past the proofreaders.

This is a terrible textbook. At first, it is the ridiculous typos that confuse the reader, then it's the poor way everything is explained. No matter how many times you read the the information, you can't translate it into anything useful. The author will spend ample time on obvious things, then spend no time on important concepts. Many of the homework questions have no examples to help figure out. For the price, it should be better.

I still use this textbook as a reference when doing other class. I decided not to resell it after my class was over so it can't be that bad.

Bought this text as a textbook for an introductory physics class. It is pretty good at providing the basics of physics mathematically. Other texts are lengthy and are good for the multiple choice exams. This text, however, is good for the free-response questions and exams--excellent for introductory physics classes. It is also pretty fun to use with lectures.