This is part two of the fourth edition of the text which includes new artwork, updated examples, new pedagogical features and has an interactive CD-ROM. Twentieth-century developments such as quantum mechanics are introduced early so that students can see how they fit into the overall picture.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Terrible for Physicists, Great for Engineers,
By A Customer
This review is from: Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Vol. 2: Electricity and Magnetism, Light (Physics, for Scientists & Engineers, Chapters 22-35) (Paperback)
The Tiper physics textbook, while excellent for an engineering student, lacks much of the theoretical rigor desireable in a physics curriculum. A great many of the problems at the end of the chapter prove to be remarkably simple, and boil down to hunting through the book for the right constants and the right equation to plug into to find the answer. Actual problem solving skills are not developed for a physicist. The chapters on circuits, while excellent for electrical engineering majors, are almost a waste of time for a physics major. Even though the textbook is very thorough with what it teaches, it does not teach at a very high level nor does it prepare physics majors for more difficult future classes. Having used the Kleppner and Kolenkow Introduction to Mechanics textbook for Intro. to Classical Mechanics, shifting gears to something as trivial in difficulty as the Tippler for Electrostatics just leads to frustration over spending more time finding the right constant than actually solving the problem.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Weak Text,
By David Diez (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Vol. 2: Electricity and Magnetism, Light (Physics, for Scientists & Engineers, Chapters 22-35) (Paperback)
This is a calc-based physics text. Quick Reference: the material in this volume covers electic fields, electric potential, electrostatics, current (DC and AC) and circuits, magnetic fields, inductors, Maxwell's Equations/EM Waves, properties of light, mirror/lense optics, and interference/diffraction. Review: the chapter on Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves was exceptionally bad. It should have tied Electricity and Magnetism together, but just leaves the reader confused. The rest of the text makes everything more complicated than it actually is; Tipler won't give the concepts of the reader, the reader has to discover them on her own. The examples are not a sufficient level for the problems in the book. This book is NOT FOR SELF-STUDY. Value of Book and a Better Text: the value of this book is minimal. For the price that is being asked (for just a single-volume paperback) is absurd. In place of Tipler's book, I would refer anyone to "Physics for Scientists and Engineers" by Serway; this book is sufficient for self-study, which is a quality you really need in a physics text. This book offers the material of 3 volumes of Tipler's books (the 3rd volume of Tipler's series is modern physics) at half the price. One of my friends has actually completely turned over to Serway, despite that her assigned text is Tipler (she doesn't even open her Tipler text anymore), and is now doing better in her class.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but--!,
This review is from: Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Vol. 2: Electricity and Magnetism, Light (Physics, for Scientists & Engineers, Chapters 22-35) (Paperback)
Any physics textbook would be a good one in the hands of great teachers. However, without a teacher, Tipler's physics probably will not be the good choice. His way of thinking physics has a very unique personal characteristic: simple sentence contains deep meanings but does not have clue to follow. Yes, it is an introductory text, but an introductory text should, I think, explains concepts in a way that is easy for others to read and understand. It should not confuse the naive physics majors but to help them make the basic ideas more clear and familiar. In an advanced point of view, his texts are excellent because the ideas require a considerable amount of thinking. It might have been a great intro. physics series if the sentenses are more concise and "elementary"!
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