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"This is my favorite book for this course."
"I highly prefer INQUIRY INTO PHYSICS over all the other leading texts available at this level because it has a few but not too many formulas: Ostdiek/Bord carefully introduce about 5 easy equations per chapter. I believe this is absolutely necessary because a first contact with interesting algebra early is highly desirable, especially for students who take a first introductory science course. A purely phenomenological text may make easy reading but it does not serve students well as they get the dangerous impression that they can do good science without any quantitative reasoning."
"I highly prefer INQUIRY INTO PHYSICS over all the other leading texts available at this level because it has a few but not too many formulas: Ostdiek/Bord carefully introduce about 5 easy equations per chapter. I believe this is absolutely necessary because a first contact with interesting algebra early is highly desirable, especially for students who take a first introductory science course. A purely phenomenological text may make easy reading but it does not serve students well as they get the dangerous impression that they can do good science without any quantitative reasoning."
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Vern Ostdiek is an Associate Professor at Benedictine College, where he has a joint appointment in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. In addition to teaching courses in physics, mathematics, and computer science, he oversees the Computer Discovery Lab. Vern was named Benedictine College's Educator of the Year in 1999. His research interests are currently centered on the nocturnal dynamics of the lower part of the Earth's atmosphere. Past research topics include noctilucent clouds and frontal zones.
Don Bord is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Michigan - Dearborn. Prior to that, he taught at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, where his collaboration with Vern Ostdiek led to the development and publication of INQUIRY INTO PHYSICS, now to appear in its Sixth Edition. Don has an abiding interest in physics and astronomy education, particularly as it pertains to laboratory instruction, and he has published several articles in "The American Journal of Physics," "The Physics Teacher," and "Sky and Telescope" in this area. He was also co-editor, with Clint Sprott, of the first edition of GREAT IDEAS FOR TEACHING PHYSICS. Don's research focuses on determining the abundance of heavy and rare-earth elements in chemically peculiar stars and the Sun using high-resolution spectra. To support this effort, he has also performed ab initio atomic structure calculations to determine energy levels, oscillator strengths and partition functions for many of the ions of interest. This work has involved collaborators from around the world, but particularly at the European Southern Observatory and the University of Lund in Sweden, as well as UM-Dearborn undergraduates, and has appeared in such as "Physica Scripta," "Astronomy and Astrophysics," and "Solar Physics." Don has also been active in campus administration, having served as department chair, associate dean for planning and faculty development, and interim dean of the College. He was recently named the first recipient of the University of Michigan Jackie Lawson Award for his contributions in the area of faculty governance.
Don Bord is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Michigan - Dearborn. Prior to that, he taught at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, where his collaboration with Vern Ostdiek led to the development and publication of INQUIRY INTO PHYSICS, now to appear in its Sixth Edition. Don has an abiding interest in physics and astronomy education, particularly as it pertains to laboratory instruction, and he has published several articles in "The American Journal of Physics," "The Physics Teacher," and "Sky and Telescope" in this area. He was also co-editor, with Clint Sprott, of the first edition of GREAT IDEAS FOR TEACHING PHYSICS. Don's research focuses on determining the abundance of heavy and rare-earth elements in chemically peculiar stars and the Sun using high-resolution spectra. To support this effort, he has also performed ab initio atomic structure calculations to determine energy levels, oscillator strengths and partition functions for many of the ions of interest. This work has involved collaborators from around the world, but particularly at the European Southern Observatory and the University of Lund in Sweden, as well as UM-Dearborn undergraduates, and has appeared in such as "Physica Scripta," "Astronomy and Astrophysics," and "Solar Physics." Don has also been active in campus administration, having served as department chair, associate dean for planning and faculty development, and interim dean of the College. He was recently named the first recipient of the University of Michigan Jackie Lawson Award for his contributions in the area of faculty governance.
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This was a good book. I like that it was loose leaf - it enabled me to take the questions pages out of the text as I was referencing the chapters.
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Excellent Physics 101 book,
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This book was required for one of my college classes. It provides the same information that is taught in high school but in a much better format. I liked this book so much I have kept it for my personal library (and no I'm not some math/physics freak).
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THIS is a book?!,
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I didn't expect it to be hole punched... and NOT binded... so i had to put it in a loose leaf binder... you're just buying a stack of papers...
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